The Slánský trial

Historical Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)
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The Slánský trial was a show trial against elements of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia who were thought to have adopted the line of the Yugoslav leader Josip Tito. The trail sentences 11 ex-communist officials (all of them Jews) to death.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "The Slánský trial". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 March 2010 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=10709, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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