Ve stínu šibenice. Případ sovětského občana Timofeje Simulenka
In the shadow of the gallows: The case of Soviet citizen Timofey Simulenka

Summary/Abstract: Jaroslav Rokoský describes the life and war-time service of Timofey Simulenka, a peculiar character but also a brave soldier, partisan and resistance fighter who settled in Czechoslovakia after the war and started a family. He also become involved in the anti-Communist resistance and was soon arrested and sentenced to death. However, as he was still a citizen of the USSR the Czechoslovak side waited so long for a statement from the Soviets that the punishment was dropped. By then Simulenka was a broken man, suffering from mental illness for the remainder of his life.

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