Jaroslav Hutka

Hutka was born on 21 April 1947 in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia. His family was forced to leave their home when Hutka was five years old. Their house was made state property and the family of five consequently lived in one room adjacent to a police station. ==Music career==

In 1962, he began to study painting in Prague. He dropped out of school in 1966, and began performing music. Hutka and his friend Petr Kalandra were among the first to perform on Charles Bridge. Hutka co-founded the music group Šafrán, which was together until 1977. Hutka still performs as a musician. He was interviewed by oral history organisation Post Bellum for their Stories of Our Neighbors project. ==References==