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Former Czech partisan haunted by the horrors of warBy David LeaGerman national anthem.OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFFMostly, however, Janosik remembers his parents bringing some food to a hungry family He endured the brutality of war at age 16,in 1942 and paying a terrible price as a result.not for his country, but for revenge.Janosik said Bozenkas family, the McIsaacs, Former Czech partisan Janosik, now 84 and who lived next door, was Jewish and suffering an Oakville resident, still thinks about the war terribly under Nazis new laws, which forbade on a daily basis.shopkeepers to sell food to Jews. While he feels the need to tell his story now,Janosiks father took it upon himself to bring he fears many who read it will not understand this family some groceries, an action that would the violence of the times.earn him a visit from the Gestapo.I had to kill to survive, he said.Someone betrayed us, said Janosik. A War is bad, war is so bad.Gestapo woman and four soldiers came to our house and they wanted to know who had bought For more than a year, Janosik fought a hitthe groceries.and run war against the Nazis in the woods andFearing her husband would be sent to a con-mountains of his native Czechoslovakia duringcentration camp if he admitted guilt, Janosiks the Second World War.mother took responsibility.DAVID LEA / OAKVILLE BEAVERTogether with a band of about 700 otherShe said It was me, said Janosik.resistance fighters, Janosik killed many German The Gestapo woman took her upstairs and soldiers in a horrific series of skirmishes inbeat her really badly.RECALLING THE HORRORS OF WAR:Oakville resident Janosik, as he was knownwhich no quarter was given and no mercy wasJanosik remembers his father having to hold when he was a Czech partisan during the Second World War, is still haunted by the horrors of war. Here,shown.him back as he heard his mother scream and the 84-year-old looks at an old class photo taken during happier times in his childhood from his lifeWe shot them like rabbits, said Janosik.beg for mercy.before the war. That pleasant life came to an abrupt, violent end in 1939 before Janosik was 16 yearsMy job was to kill as many Germans and as After the beating the Germans left.old.many Gestapo as I could.Janosiks mother survived the ordeal, how-Bohemian town of Kraievice and earned moreAll of this changed after Nazi GermanyDespite the passage of more than 60 years,ever, the sight of her bruised and bloody body than enough money to keep Janosik, his motherannexed Czechoslovakia in 1939.Janosik still fears neo-Nazi or even legal reprisalhad a profound effect on him. It is something and his brother and sister happy.Janosik remembers the day the portrait of for his actions and requested only his partisan that still haunts him to this day.Some of Janosiks better memories of thisthe president of Czechoslovakia, which hung inname Janosik to be published.Worse was to come when the McIsaac family period revolve around taking violin lessons withhis classroom, was replaced with a portrait of Janosik described his life before the Second suddenly disappeared with a German family tak-his childhood sweetheart Bozenka McIsaac, whoAdolph Hitler.World War as a good one.ing up residence in their home.See Senior page 10lived next door to him.He remembers having to learn to sing theHis father worked as a plumber in theExpires Saturday, July 16th, Call 1-888-309-7136 for earlybird pricingJUST 3 UNITS REMAINING7ONLY4 UNITS EFTUNITS LREMAINING2011CX-72011Tribute2011CX-90% Financing Available up to 84 Months!1.9% Leasing up to 48 Months! up to $4000Factory Rebates!up to $1500Loyal Customer Rebates!up to $750 Mobility Rebates!AVAILABLE$500 EXTRANO PAYMENTS TRADE-IN ALLOWANCEFOR 90 DAYSLOCATED AT QEW North Service RoadAND THIRD LINE EXITQEWView our entire WWW.QEWMAZDA.COMinventory online at:1-888-309-7136 1501 North Service Road West, Oakville Mon. - Thurs. 9am - 9pm Fri. - Sat. 9am - 6pm / Q P F C [ 5 C V W T F C [ C O R O 5 W P F C [ R O R OAll vehicles subject to availability. Sale ends July 16th at 6:00pm. 0% fi nancing available on 2011 Tributes, 1.9% leasing for 48 months available on 2011 CX7. Up to $4000 Factory rebate on 2011 Tribute.$1500 customer loyalty $750 graduate and mobility rebate conditions apply, see dealership for details. $500 Extra trade-in allowance must be presented at time of offer. 90 days no payments is a payment deferral program, conditions apply.Third LineDorval Drive3 Thursday, July 14, 2011 OAKVILLE BEAVER www.insideHALTON.com