Dva životy Vladimíra Krajiny – Drábek Jan (2016)

The author of the book, Jan Drábek, son of one of the trio of great and long-time friends Drábek - Krajina - Drtina, captures the life story of Vladimír Krajina from an almost internal perspective, as the author had much of what he writes about literally from the first hand. Diligently, with an effort to place it in broader historical contexts, he describes Krajina's youth, studies, and work at Charles University, and after the establishment of the Protectorate, his sometimes adventurous struggle against the Nazis, his dramatic arrest in Český ráj, after which he was, one could say, a 'personal prisoner of K. H. Frank.' Readers will surely be intrigued by Krajina's dangerous escape into forced emigration from communist terror. The second part depicts a new life stage for Vladimír Krajina and his family in Vancouver, Canada. It records his significant and successful work as a respected scientist, educator, and literally an ecological pioneer, who managed to propose and advocate for the Law on Ecological Reserves, which was approved by the government. He then became the main initiator of the declaration of more than a hundred protected natural reserves not only in British Columbia, which was an unprecedented thing in Canada at that time... The book is about Vladimír Krajina, a man who received special recognition from President T.G. Masaryk, state...