Slánský, Rudolf
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Name (Hebrew)
סלנסקי, רודולף
Name (Latin)
Slánský, Rudolf
Other forms of name
Slanski, Rudolf
Date of birth
1901-07-31
Date of death
1952-12-03
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
1901-1952
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Sources of Information
- Information from 678 converted Dec. 15, 2014(1901-1952)
- Wikipedia, Jan 27, 2016:(Rudolf Slánský (31 July 1901-3 December 1952) was a Czech Communist politician. Holding the post of the party's General Secretary after World War II, he was one of the leading creators and organizers of Communist rule in Czechoslovakia. After the split between Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia and Soviet premier Joseph Stalin, the latter instigated a wave of "purges" of the respective Communist Party leaderships, to prevent more splits between the Soviet Union and its Central European "satellite" countries. In Czechoslovakia, Slánský was one of 14 leaders arrested in 1951 and put on show trial en masse in November 1952, charged with high treason. After eight days, 11 of the 14 were sentenced to death. Slánský's sentence was carried out five days later)
- His O velikém díle a zivotě soudruha Gottwalda, 1946.
- Ḳoṭiḳ, M. Mishpaṭ Prag, 1985:p. 302 (Slánský Rudolf; Slansḳi Rudolf [in Hebr.])
- ספר: משפט פראג, תשמ"ו 1985.
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Rudolf Slansky (1901 1952)
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Wikipedia description:
Rudolf Slánský (31 July 1901 – 3 December 1952) was a leading Czech communist politician. General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia immediately after World War II, he was one of the leading organizers of the party's rule from 1948. Following the Tito-Stalin split, a wave of purges occurred in the ruling communist parties of Eastern Europe designed to ensure alignment to the Soviet Union. In Czechoslovakia, Slánský was one of 14 leaders arrested in 1951 and tortured into confessing "crimes". Put on show trial in November 1952, after eight days he was convicted of high treason and along with 10 others sentenced to death. Slánský was executed five days later in December 1952.
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