Příběhy tiché odvahy – Votýpka Vladimír (2021)

Everyone experienced injustice, yet none chose the path of revenge. It took the farmer from Řeporyje two decades to uncover the murderer of the priest in Krten along with the strange circumstances the priest faced under the previous regime. The stonemason from the West German Waidhaus served nine months in a Czechoslovak prison but did not become bitter, and after November 1989, he assisted as mayor in tearing down the Iron Curtain. And the other quiet heroes, whose fates are captured this time by Vladimír Votýpka, do not succumb to bitterness either. There are also two pilots – a war aviator from the famous Czechoslovak 310 squadron, afflicted by the typical fate of a British RAF member, and a young glider pilot who became a victim of a strange accident – or Count Karel Paar, a nobleman who lost his estate to the business savvy of the new era. Like every Votýpka book, this one draws from personal encounters and speaks in the authentic voice of the heroes themselves. Above all, it is adorned with the brilliant narrative style for which this renowned chronicler of Czech nobility is famous.