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Rudolf Slánský (31 July 1901 – 3 December 1952) was a leading 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.
Rudolf Slánský was a Czech Communist leader who was the central victim in the November 1952 “Slánský trial.” Of Jewish descent, Slánský joined the Communist Party in 1921 and became editor of the party organ, Rudé Právo, in 1924.
Rudolf Slánský (31. července 1901 Nezvěstice – 3. prosince 1952 Praha) byl československý komunistický politik, dlouholetý člen Ústředního výboru Komunistické strany Československa a generální tajemník ÚV KSČ (1945–1951). Popraven byl v rámci politických procesů počátkem 50. let 20. století.
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 ...
Jul 8, 2009 · 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...
Jul 10, 2024 · Rudolf Slánský's arrest in November 1951 by Statni bezpecnost (StB), the Czechoslovak secret police, his Kafkaesque trial a year later, and his execution caused a sensation during the early years of the Cold War. For a full week, the trial could be followed live on the radio in Prague.
Rudolf Slánský. (b. 1901) Quick Reference. (b. Nezvestice, Moravia, 1901; d. Prague, 3 Dec. 1952) Czech; secretary-general of the Czechoslovak Communist Party 1945–51 Slánský was the son of middle-class Jewish parents. He belonged to the Czech intelligentsia.
