Born:

July 31, 1901, Nezvěstice

Died:

December 03, 1952, Prague

1945 to 1951 General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ). Arrested in 1951, tried in a show trial in 1952 and executed; rehabilitated in 1963.

Mentioned in

• Paul Dessau’s “Hagadah.” A Passover Oratorio Reflecting Contemporary History (Daniela Reinhold)