Milada Horáková: A Mountain that Refused to Move
Milada Horáková: A Mountain that Refused to Move

Summary/Abstract: To many Czechs, Milada Horáková is a national heroine. On 27th June 1950, Horáková became the first woman to be hanged for political reasons in the former Czechoslovakia. The images of her Stalinist show trials remain firmly etched in the Czech consciousness. Her implacable calmness and r relentless defence of her position in the face of trumped up charges of treason continue to provide Czechs with a rare counter-image to those “dissidents” that were ultimately broken by a system, which demanded false confessions, scripted responses and utter capitulation.

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