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- «b»Hilar (ii) ŠPIČKA«/b» -
studied at the Karlova University in Praha, and subsequently specialized in Internal
medicine. During his medical studies he met his future wife «b»Eva Kubertová«/b». He was an avid and dedicated member of the Sokol movement. He had excelled in sports, particularly in gymnastics, and remained an accomplished athlete most of his life. Hilar [II] was a modest man of strong moral principles. He valued personal honesty above anything else. He never abandoned the principle of simple frugal lifestyle, acquired during his youth and during his University studies, when he often struggled to make the ends meet.
After graduation, he held a position of an Assistant (Staff physician with academic appointment) at the Department of Internal medicine at the Vinohrady Hospital in Praha. In «i» 1936 «/i»he opened a private practice, with a subspecialty for diseases of the gastro-intestinal tract«i» . «/i»He kept his private practice until late «i» 1950s«/i», when the Communist government in a sweep of Nationalization of Healthcare closed all private medical practices. Subsequently he worked in a Public Health Clinic at Klimentská Street in Praha.
MUDr Hilar [II] had deep social feelings and his quest for social justice made him left leaning in his youth. However, the hypocrisy and duplicity of Communists in and after «i» 1948 «/i»left him deeply disillusioned. He had a natural gift to relate to people of all social backgrounds, and had been respected and loved by his patients. His daughter «b»Diana «/b»recalls assisting him after the official closure of his practice in his office, where he continued to see patients thus defying the official closure. This had been done at considerable risk for quite a longtime. The fact that he was never reported is a testimony of the loyalty of his patients.
On «i» July 4, 1931 «/i»he married «b»MUDr Eva Kubertová .«/b»«i» «/i»The interlude between the time of their graduation from the Medical School and the liquidation of the Czechoslovakia after the Munich accord on «i» September 30, 1938 «/i»was relatively short. Nonetheless, they had enjoyed the just earned financial freedom, as well as
the political freedom the "First Czechoslovak Republic" had offered. They vacationed travelling throughout the Europe, in particular enjoying the skiing in the Alps. At home, their favored sport activities were canoeing, hiking and mountaineering.
At the beginning of the WW II he bought a family summerhouse with a large garden at Pikovice, at the bank of the river Sázava, some 30 km south of Praha. This proved to be an excellent decision, as the whole family had been enjoying it for a number of decades. For Hilar [II], who loved physical work and activity, the house, which required constant attention, and the with the orchard, became his regular escape on weekends and vacations mitigating the of life during the Communist era. Since the property was situated in the proximity of a military areal during the German occupation, it was expropriated in «i» 1944«/i», though r to the family after the end of the war. During the last year of the war Hilar and Eva sent three children to the family house in Libni During his retirement the beloved Pikovice to be Hilar [II]'s refuge and sanctuary. As long as his health allowed, he had been
spending even longer periods of time there, enjoying above all the nature and the work in the He had been very fortunate that even in Praha he had a large garden. Having lived until end of his life in his own house in Praha surrounded by Daniel's family, and having the to watch his beloved granddaughters to grow up and mature, was a blessing of his age. And it had been made possible only because of the loving care of his daughter'96in'96law «b» Victoria, «/b»and his son «b» Daniel«/b». [II] and Eva Kubertová - had three children: «b» A) Daniel, B) Diana «/b»and «b» C) Hilar [III] .
«/b»(«u»Source«/u»: «i»From Petr PETRIK: "«b»FAMILY CHRONICLE: Family of Diana Špičková«/b»" «/i»)
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