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Holzmann was married twice, first to Eva Vorlíčková, a war widow, whose daughter Eva he adopted. Although they lived together from 1946 and had a daughter together, Irena, they remained unmarried for two decades, so that Eva would not lose her widow's pension, which was an essential income source for
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full of unexpected interpretations of words and phrases, and other wordplay, so most of it is virtually untranslatable. Its essentially linguistic and apolitical nature meant that it was largely acceptable for the
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struggling with his extreme slow-wittedness. His favourite partner was František Budín, who, however, was not a professional artist and refused to leave his occupation as an accountant. Thus, Holzmann also cooperated with various other popular comedians, actors, and singers, like
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