The revolutionary year of 1848 brought great hopes among the hitherto silent classes, awakening social and national hopes. The response also penetrated the remote countryside, even as far as the Podkrkonoše Mountains. The young shoemaker there began to take an interest in social and political events, and he also experienced disappointment in later developments.

Ladislav Pešek
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Vladimír Řepa
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Jaroslav Průcha
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Dagmar Sedláčková
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Marie Nademlejnská
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Jaroslav Zrotal
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Jiří Dohnal
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Světla Svozilová
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František Kovářík
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Běla Jurdová
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