Photo: Martin Vaniš, Radio Prague International
Czechs are marking 73 years since the death of Milada Horáková, a democratic opposition leader who was sentenced and executed in a communist show trial on June 27, 1950. A host of events is taking place around the country in honour of the brave politician and champion of women’s rights.
Milada Horáková, a democratic politician in Masaryk’s First Republic and a resistance figure during the Second World War, was sentenced to death by a communist jury on June 8, 1950.
She was hanged at dawn on June 27 at Prague’s Pankrác Prison, despite protests from many prominent figures in the West, including Albert Einstein and Winston Churchill.
Milada Horáková was born in Prague on December 25, 1901. She studied law at Charles University and in 1926, three years after graduating, she joined the Democratic Socialist party.
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Author: Ruth Fraňková