Current Affairs Remembering General Heliodor Píka, first victim of the communist show trials

19-06-2009 15:42 | Christian Falvey

In the early morning of June 21, 1949, General Heliodor Píka, a hero of World Wars I and II, became the first Czechoslovak to be executed by the new communist regime. Today, almost 60 years to the date, the Czech Republic honoured the memory of one of the greatest of heroes and most profound of victims.

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