„Řekl mi, že mi páni vzkazují, že chcípnu jako pes.“ Případ pplk. Ludvíka Macháčka
“They Told Me the Masters Say I’ll Die Like a Dog.” The case of Lieutenant Colonel Ludvík Macháček

Summary/Abstract: After the seizure of power by the communists in February 1948, Czechoslovakia saw a period of widespread lawlessness and persecution which were intended to strengthen the position of the ruling Communist Party. Nor did the Czechoslovak Army escape repression; on the contrary, it was an institution affected by the purges, especially among the officers, on a large scale. They were usually directed against alleged or real opponents of the communist regime, but there was also a great many cases where military staff were persecuted for property or personal reasons. It is highly likely that the latter were behind the arrest and conviction of Lieutenant Colonel Ludvík Macháček, whose as yet neglected case is addressed in this article.

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