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Remember lustration?(trial of Karel Hoffmann, former Communist prosecutor in Czechoslovakia)(Brief Article)
* Remember lustration? That was the process designed by the Czech authorities after the Velvet Revolution to remove their former Communist persecutors from public life, and if possible bring them to court to account for their crimes. The file against Karel Hoffmann is thick. On the eve of the Soviet invasion of his country in August 1968, he was the official who ordered Czechoslovak radio and television to stop broadcasting, which of course crippled resistance. From 1971 right up to the collapse of Communism he was a member of the ruling presidium, an unrepentant hardliner and Soviet apologist. In long-drawn legal ...
- CZECH REPUBLIC: EX-COMMUNIST LEADERS TO STAND TRIAL DESPITE SNAG
- News wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire David Rocks August 10, 1995 700+ words
...former secretary-general of the Czechoslovak Communist Party, Milos Jakes, one-time Prime Minister Jozef Lenart, and Karel Hoffmann, a member of the party's Central Committee, have all said publicly that they received notification of the accusations...
- CZECH REPUBLIC: FORMER COMMUNIST OFFICIAL CHARGED WITH SHUTTING OFF BROADCASTS...
- Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database November 18, 2002 700+ words
A former high-ranking communist official, Karel Hoffmann, was Charged on 1 November with treason for his alleged role in the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, AP and CTK reported...
- WORLD BRIEFS
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times August 1, 1995 700+ words
...Communists have been charged with treason in the 1968 Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia. Those charged weren't identified, but former party leader Milos Jakes and another ex-official, Karel Hoffmann, said they are among them.
- Czech Quartet
- Reference information from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE January 1, 1996 700+ words
...First concert 1892. Visited Russ. 1895 and Brit. 1896. Last tour Holland 1931. Disbanded 1933. Orig. members were Karel Hoffmann (1872–1936), Josef Suk (1874–1935), Oskar Nedbal (1874–1930), and Otto Berger...
- CZECH REPUBLIC: EX-COMMUNIST LEADERS FACE TREASON CHARGES
- News wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire David Rocks August 4, 1995 700+ words
...former Secretary-General of the Czechoslovak Communist Party, Milos Jakes, one-time Prime Minister Jozef Lenart, and Karel Hoffmann, a member of the party's Central Committee, have all said publicly that they received notification of the charges...
Source: HighBeam Research, Remember lustration?(trial of Karel Hoffmann, former Communist...