Original sentence: The Slánský trials (officially Proces s protistátním spikleneckým centrem Rudolfa Slánského meaning "Trial of anti-state conspiracy centered around Rudolf Slánský") were a series of show trials against elements of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) who were thought to have adopted the line of the maverick Yugoslav leader Josip Tito On November 20, 1952, Rudolf 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 people of Czechoslovakia signed petitions asking for death for the alleged traitors.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 were part of a Stalin-inspired purge of "disloyal" elements in the national Communist parties in Central Europe, as well as an anti-semitic purge of Jews from the leadership of Communist parties.Those put on trial confessed to all crimes (possibly under duress or after torture) and were sentenced to punishment
Edited sentence: The Slánský trials (officially Proces s protistátním spikleneckým centrem Rudolfa Slánského meaning "Trial of anti-state conspiracy centered around Rudolf Slánský") were a series of show trials against elements of the Czechoslovak Communist Party who were thought to have adopted the line of the maverick Yugoslav leader Josip Tito On November 20, 1952, Rudolf Slánský, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, and 13 other Communist leaders or bureaucrats were accused of participating in a Trotskyite-Titoite-Zionist conspiracy and convicted: 11 were executed and 3 sentenced to life imprisonment.The people of Czechoslovakia signed petitions asking for death for the traitors.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 were part of a 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.Those put on trial confessed to all crimes and were sentenced to punishment