Poslední dny generálního tajemníka ÚV KSČ. Miloš Jakeš po 17. listopadu 1989
The Last Days As General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. Miloš Jakeš after 17 November 1989

Summary/Abstract: On 17 November 1989, when the final stage of the destruction of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia began, the last days and hours began to count down for the highest-ranking communist party official – the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, Miloš Jakeš. Originally a compromise candidate who had replaced Gustáv Husák in November 1987, and eventually a person ridiculed for his statements in the crucial stage of the regime’s downfall, he deprived the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia of what remained of its authority and legitimacy. How did his last week in this position go, was happening in his office, and why did his solution to the crisis fail?

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