Background
Oldřich Marek was born on April 3, 1911 in Ústí nad Orlicí.
Oldřich Marek was born on April 3, 1911 in Ústí nad Orlicí.
He attended Primary school in Dolní Čermná and secondary school in Česká Třebová.
After completing secondary school he left for Slovakia to become a primary school teacher in Smolník, Stakčín and Trnava. In 1941 he began teaching mathematics, physics, chemistry and natural science at secondary school. After military duties in 1945 he worked as a secondary school teacher in Žamberk until his retirement in 1971.