"I don´t regret anything, it´s not worth it."
Vlastimir Maier was born December 30, 1932 in Postřelmov (Šumperk district). After the communist putsch he and his friend founded a resistance group called Expres. They were attacking local communist officials and printing anticommunist pamphlets. In April 1951 he was arrested and in the same year he was sentenced for espionage and high treason. The death penalty was impending in his case. He was sent to labour camps in the Jáchymov region. He passed through camp XII (camp of death), Prokop, Barbora, Vykmanov, Vykmanov II (camp L) and Nikolaj; he also worked in the feared Tower of Death, where the sorting of highly radioactive uranium was carried out. After that he refused to further continue working in the mines. He spent three weeks in a "correction cell" and then was sent to the Leopoldov prison. He was released in 1960. Altogether he has spent nearly ten years in camps and prisons. After his release he returned to Postřelmov, till his retirement he was working in the local company MEZ. He is the chairman of the Confederation of Political Prisoners in Šumperk. At present he lives in Postřelmov.
