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Slánský , General Secretary of the KSČ, and 13 other Communist leaders or bureaucrats, 11 of them Jews, were accused of participating in a Trotskyite - Titoite - Zionist conspiracy and convicted: 11 were executed and 3 sentenced to life imprisonment .The state prosecutor was Josef Urválek . The trial was the result of a split within the Communist leadership on the degree to which the state should emulate the Soviet Union , and was part of a Stalin -inspired purge of "disloyal" elements in the national Communist parties in Central Europe , as well as an antisemitic purge of Jews from the leadership of Communist parties. Klement Gottwald , president of Czechoslovakia and leader of the Communist Party, feared being purged, and decided to sacrifice Slánský, a long term collaborator and personal friend who was the second-in-command of the party. The others were picked to convey a clear threat to different groups in the state bureaucracy. A couple of them (Šváb, Reicin) were brutal sadists conveniently added for a more realistic show. The trial was orchestrated (and the subsequent terror staged in Czechoslovakia ) on the order of Moscow leadership by Soviet advisors, who ironically were invited by Rudolf Slánský and Klement Gottwald , with the help of the Czechoslovak State Security personnel following the László Rajk trial in Budapest in September 1949. Those put on trial confessed to all crimes (under duress or after torture) and were sentenced to punishment. Slánský attempted suicide while in prison. The people of Czechoslovakia signed petitions asking for death for the alleged traitors.¹ The harsh treatment given to those on trial was a way of showing that the Communist Party would stop at nothing and that potential dissidents could expect no mercy.² After Stalin's death in March 1953, the harshness of the persecutions slowly decreased, and the victims of the trial quietly received amnesty one by one, including those who had survived the Prague Trial. Later, the official historiography of the Communist Party was rather quiet on the trial, vaguely putting blame on errors that happened as a result of a " cult of personality ". Many other political trials followed on sending many innocent victims to jail and hard labour in Jáchymov uranium mines and labour camps.³

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The Prague Trials were a series of Stalinist and largely anti-Semitic show trials in Czechoslovakia . On November 20 , 1952 Rudolf Slánský , General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia , and 13 other Communist leaders (11 of them Jews) were accused of participating in a Trotskyite - Titoite - Zionist conspiracy , convicted and executed. The trials were the result of a split within the Communist leadership on the degree to which the state should emulate the Soviet Union and was part of a Stalin inspired purge of "disloyal" elements in the national Communist parties in Eastern Europe as well as a purge of Jews from the leadership of Communist parties. The processes were widely considered an extension of Stalin 's 1948 - 1953 anti-Semitic campaign against " rootless cosmopolitans ", and took place between the arrests and executions of Yiddish writers in the Soviet Union and the so-called Doctors' plot of early 1953 . The Prague Trials were dramatised in the 1970 movie L'Aveu (the Confession) directed by Costa-Gavras and starring Yves Montand and Simone Signoret . The film was based on the book of the same name by Artur London , who was a survivor of the trials.

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The official 1953 protocol, printed in Prague in at least seven languages (pictured in German ) The Slánský trial (officially Proces s protistátním spikleneckým centrem Rudolfa Slánského meaning "Trial of anti-state conspiracy centered around Rudolf Slánský") was a show trial against elements of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) who were thought to have adopted the line of the maverick Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito . On 20 November 1952, Rudolf Slánský , General Secretary of the KSČ, and 13 other leading party members, 11 of them Jews, were accused of participating in a Trotskyite - Titoite - Zionist conspiracy and convicted: 11 including Slánský were hanged in Prague on December 3, and three were sentenced to life imprisonment . The state prosecutor was Josef Urválek . The trial was the result of a split within the Communist leadership on the degree to which the state should emulate the Soviet Union , and was part of a Joseph Stalin -inspired purge of "disloyal" elements in the national Communist parties in Central Europe , as well as a purge of Jews from the leadership of Communist parties. Klement Gottwald , president of Czechoslovakia and leader of the Communist Party, feared being purged, and decided to sacrifice Slánský, a longtime collaborator and personal friend who was the second-in-command of the party. The others were picked to convey a clear threat to different groups in the state bureaucracy. A couple of them (Šváb, Reicin) were brutal sadists conveniently added for a more realistic show. The trial was orchestrated (and the subsequent terror staged in Czechoslovakia ) on the order of Moscow leadership by Soviet advisors, who ironically were invited by Rudolf Slánský and Klement Gottwald , with the help of the Czechoslovak State Security personnel following the László Rajk trial in Budapest in September 1949. Those put on trial confessed to all crimes (under duress or after torture) and were sentenced to punishment. Slánský attempted suicide while in prison. The people of Czechoslovakia signed petitions asking for death for the alleged traitors. After Stalin's death in March 1953, the harshness of the persecutions slowly decreased, and the victims of the trial quietly received amnesty one by one, including those who had survived the Prague Trial. Later, the official historiography of the Communist Party was rather quiet on the trial, vaguely putting blame on errors that happened as a result of a " cult of personality ". Many other political trials followed on, sending many innocent victims to jail and hard labour in Jáchymov uranium mines and labour camps. Report on the Murder of the General Secretary .

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The official 1953 protocol, printed in Prague in at least seven languages (pictured in German ) The Slánský trial (officially Process s vedením protistátního spikleneckého centra v čele s Rudolfem Slánským English: "Trial of the Leadership of the Anti-State Conspiracy Centre Headed by Rudolf Slánský") was a 1952 show trial against fourteen members of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ), including several high ranking officials. They were falsely accused of organizing a conspiracy against the Czechoslovak Republic . First Secretary of the KSČ Rudolf Slánský was the alleged leader of the conspirators. All fourteen defendants were found guilty, eleven of them were sentenced to death and executed, the remaining three received a life sentence. Process s vedením protistátního spikleneckého centra v čele s Rudolfem Slánským (in Czech).

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Antisemitic show trial The official 1953 protocol, printed in Prague in at least seven languages (pictured in German) The Slánský trial (officially Proces s vedením protistátního spikleneckého centra v čele s Rudolfem Slánským English: "Trial of the Leadership of the Anti-State Conspiracy Centre Headed by Rudolf Slánský") was a 1952 antisemitic show trial against fourteen members of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ), including many high-ranking officials. Several charges, including high treason, were announced against the group on the grounds of allegedly conspiring against the Czechoslovak Republic . General Secretary of the KSČ Rudolf Slánský was the alleged leader of the conspirators. All fourteen defendants were found guilty of crimes that they did not commit. Eleven of them were sentenced to death and executed; the remaining three received life sentences. Process s vedením protistátního spikleneckého centra v čele s Rudolfem Slánským (in Czech). A History of Czechs and Jews: A Slavic Jerusalem .

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Antisemitic show trial The official 1953 protocol, printed in Prague in at least seven languages (pictured in German) The Slánský trial (officially Proces s vedením protistátního spikleneckého centra v čele s Rudolfem Slánským English: "Trial of the Leadership of the Anti-State Conspiracy Centre Headed by Rudolf Slánský") was a 1952 antisemitic show trial against fourteen members of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ), including many high-ranking officials. Several charges, including high treason , were announced against the group on the grounds of allegedly participating in a Zionist conspiracy against the Czechoslovak Republic . General Secretary of the KSČ Rudolf Slánský was the alleged leader of conspirators. All fourteen defendants were found guilty of crimes that they did not commit. Eleven of them were sentenced to death and executed; the remaining three received life sentences. Eleven of the defendants were "of Jewish origin". Process s vedením protistátního spikleneckého centra v čele s Rudolfem Slánským (in Czech). The Slánksý trial reconsidered . Ahlbäck, Anders, & Kasper Braskén (eds) Anti-fascism and ethnic minorities: history and memory in Central and Eastern Europe . Routledge Studies in Fascism and the far right. A History of Czechs and Jews: A Slavic Jerusalem .

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