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Koloman Wittman 

An excerpt from an article in Zvolenské noviny: “....... but at that time the bryndza was also produced by others in the region; the other seven small entrepreneurs are mentioned in the statistics. Among them is Ignatius' younger brother Koloman Wittmann. Koloman was an honest citizen, a small businessman, one of many. His house was on today's Kozačekova street in Zvolen, where he also produced bryndza. As we walk by, we see only an older unmaintained metal fence, hiding a sad story. Koloman's life destiny was not uncommon, even though he came from seven children and he himself had five children, one son and four daughters (one of them died four-year-old - Jetti). The son went to England, where he joined the "air force" of the British Allied army, but Koloman and his three daughters Elizabeth, Elizabeth and Anna were also murdered with their families. Only Olga's daughter, little girl Julia, managed to hide Vojtech Wittmann in the monastery before he and his family were hidden by other people. After the war, Julka grew up with her aunt, her uncle's widow in England, and even if she came, no one would be able to hand her the bouquet that they would sometimes bring from the town to visitors to Zvolen, Slovak natives. During the Second World War, the

Slovak state was directly responsible for the extermination of the entire Koloman and Julka family. Other good, communist builders confiscated their small assets at the time after its administrator, Vojtech Wittmann, emigrated in 1949. Under the socialist administration, he also left Koloman's house. Even after 1989, the state did not differ in any way, it did not compensate the heir for years. The state did not even want and expect people like Julka, now an elderly lady, to return to meet the extra fictional Eastern European conditions of the restitution law (permanent residence in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and others) to the state where they left the saddest memories, and in this spirit approved new laws. The house remained to the city, which sold it to allied souls for a certain price, and the allied sold the land after demolishing the house for about 10 times what they bought it from the city ......... author Š.Hvojník. "

Town house - terraced, Wittmann's house, Námestie SNP 26-75 (8) The villa of the owner of the bryndziarna and cheese factory Koloman Wittmann with commercial premises was built in the 1930s. according to the plans of the architect P. Jakab from Lučenec. It was equipped with a modern residential interior. There are two triangular gables on the front facade. In the 70s of the 20th century. the house housed the headquarters of the Directorate of Central Slovak Poultry with a factory shop. After 1989, the house was returned by the restitution of Katarína Wittmannová, daughter of Koloman and granddaughter of General Josef Šnejdárek. Currently renovated premises and a courtyard with a fountain are used for business and restaurant purposes with a summer terrace.

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