Title: The confession
First published: 1970
Description: "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.[1] On 20 November 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 three sentenced to life imprisonment."--Wikipedia.
Subjects: Politics and government, Trials (Political crimes and offenses)
Places: Czechoslovakia
People: Vladimír Clementis (1902-1952), Rudolf Slánský
Time periods: 1945-1992
LC classification: DB215.5 .L613