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unusual facts about Jan Šverma


Jan Šverma

Jan Šverma (March 23, 1901, Mnichovo Hradiště, Bohemia – November 10, 1944) was a Czechoslovak political activist, considered a national hero during the communist regime.


Rudolf Slánský

Party rhetoric asserted that Slánský was spying as part of an international Western capitalist conspiracy to undermine socialism, and that punishing him would avenge the Nazi murders of Czech Communists Jan Šverma and Julius Fučík during World War II.


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