Our history

Parents of my mother Anna Bacigálová (Kramárová):

• Imrich Kramár and Barbora Kramárová (Horváthová) owned farmland

My parents :

• Anna Bacigálová (Kramárová) and Štefan Bacigál began running a farm together after their wedding. They were primarily focused on plant production. They also bred cattle, pigs and horses.

After the end of the 2nd world war and onset of communism, they were threatened to be banished from their village and farm, if they did not sign entry into a collective farm. Finally, they decided to do so and my father ( Štefan Bacigál ) became a head of it for one year. After 4 years in the collective farm they decided again to run their farm separately. They had to pay shares (payments) to the state.

They handed over eggs, cereals, etc. from all they grew and bred. The shares kept increasing progressively till they were not acceptable anymore. Under these circumstances they entered the collective farm again. My father worked with his own horses and he also worked as a warehouse assistant. At the same time my parents owned their vineyard – 18-20 acres and 2 orchards where they grew apple trees, pear trees and cherry trees. They used to sell their fruit at the markets in Bratislava.

After mandatory retirement my father continued working as a watchman.