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From the ArchivesMilada Horáková: dignity in the face of fanaticism
Many people in Czechoslovakia greeted the communist coup of February 1948
with enthusiasm, in the belief that the horrors of the war should never be
allowed to happen again. But following the model of Stalin’s Soviet
Union, it was not long before a period of political terror began, with
thousands of arrests and then a series of political show trials. The most
horrific symbol of the period was the trial and execution of Milada
Horáková. She had been one of the most enlightened politicians of the
pre-war Czechoslovak Republic, a champion of democracy and women’s
rights, and had spent most of the war in Nazi prisons and concentration
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Current AffairsKarlovy Vary faces massive claim for bonds issued in 1924
The town of Karlovy Vary faces a massive claim for bonds issued in 1924.
The controversial US lawyer Edward Fagan this week asked Karlovy Vary to
pay off over 500 million US dollars on the bonds and their interest. While
officials in Karlovy Vary and at the Czech Finance Ministry are now
studying the case, Mr Fagan said he would wait until the end of the month
before taking the matter to court.
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