He Decided to Help
In May 1952, Miroslav Hampl started to work in mine Svornost in Jáchymov. He was nineteen and after a short course he became a collector. He focused on active ore and was deciding about its mining. They pointed out in advance that he will work with heavy criminals. But in the course of time he found out it was not true. He recalled: “After a short time I knew that most of the criminals were political prisoners.” He got to know some of them and some became even his friends. They told him their stories and he was terrified by their destiny. So he started to help them and visited their families. He stated: “Once or twice I brought some packets, letters or warm clothes.” Together with other civil employees, Miroslav Hampl participated in an organized escape of one of the prisoners, (Bohuslav Pánek). The breakout happened during the night shift so nobody knew about it till the morning counting. Hampl remembered: “As civil employees we had special IDs. We borrowed one of them and together with the other civil worker we went out with Pánek through the main lodge. We came to the bus in Jáchymov, they got on and left to Ostrov.” Originally Miroslav Hampl wanted to flee abroad, too. Finally he postponed this plan because they were preparing another escape abroad. But he did not wait to see it because he was arrested in November 1953. Miroslav Hampl never found out if Bohuslav Pánek really fled abroad.
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