A Czech Family Remembers 1989
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Jiri Homola, 77, and his wife, Jana Homolova, 57, at their home in Cakovice
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Jiri and Jana's 18-year-old son, Josef, was born after the Velvet Revolution of 1989. - Josef has learned about the communist era from his parents, but says there's little focus on modern Czech history in school.
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At his workshop in Satalice, Jiri Homola produces plastic components for windows.
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Jiri Homola in the town of Vodochody in 1965. - Among other jobs, Homola was a driving instructor, army dispatch rider, and motocross racer before he went into plastics production.
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Jiri and Jana celebrate their wedding in the Czech mountain town of Pec pod Snezkou in May 1982. - In 1989, Jiri got involved in the protests that led to the Velvet Revolution. The pair fondly remembers the euphoria of the times, but feels disappointed by political developments since then.
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Jiri and Jana at a cottage in Pec pod Snezkou in 1987 - Since 1989, Jana says, the Velvet Revolution is little more than "a nice memory."