Czechs in History Rudolf Slánský: architect of Communist takeover and purge victim

08-07-2009 11:35 | Chris Johnstone

Czechoslovak top Communist Rudolf Slánský is a tragic figure of 20th century history in the classical sense of the word. In the end the fate of the once powerful and self made man was mapped out elsewhere as he became a victim of the state security system he helped create.

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