Political trial - Milada Horakova - show trial

ARCHIVE PHOTO from June, 2, 1950. Czechoslovakia, Prague - 1950. Show trial of Milada Horakova and company (12 others). Firearms, ammunition and swastika were items among planted evidence the Communists used against innocent citizens. The fact that five of the accused - Milada Horakova, Kleinerova, Nestaval, Peska and Dundr were inprisoned in concentration camps for their anti fascist activities did not help their cause and they were tried in a show trial on trumped up charges. Interrogation were carried out according to Soviet advisers when physical and psychological torture was used on all prisoners. Despite protests by Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill, Eleanor Roosevelt and many others Milada Horakova, mother of 16 year old daughter, was executed by hanging on June 27, 1950. Alltogether 639 Czechoslovak citizens were tried in such show trials and 10 of them received the death penalty. In this June 2, 1950 file picture citizens of Czech town Cakovice are seen as they vote for the resolution requesting just and firm punishment of subversive criminals. CTK Vintage Photo

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