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CERGE-EI Commemorated the Victims of The Communist Regime

29 June, 2020

A black flag to mark the Memorial Day of the Victims of the Communist Regime was hanging on the walls of Schebek Palace this Friday, and Saturday. CERGE-EI was joining the symbolism that took place all around the Czech Republic. 

June 27th has been chosen as the Memorial Day of the Victims of the Communist Regime, as on this date Czech politician Milada Horáková, police officer Jan Buchal, lawyer Oldřich Pelcl and journalist Záviš Kalandra were executed after a show trial organized by the regime. 

This year marked the 70th anniversary of that trial and the following events that are perceived as a significant demonstration of injustice and terror connected especially to the 1950s in Czechoslovakia.