Heliodor Píka – General who became Communist regime’s first judicial murder victim

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:02:46 +0200Heliodor Píka – General who became Communist regime’s first judicial murder victimhttps://english.radio.cz/heliodor-pika-general-who-became-communist-regimes-first-judicial-murder-victim-8127867© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalThe early years of Czechoslovakia’s Communist regime were marked by hundreds of tragic stories which revolved around injustice, torture and in many cases death. One of the most famous is that of General Heliodor Píka, an exemplary First Republic general who, exactly 70 years ago, became the first victim of the rigged trials that typified the period.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/pika_heliodor_0.jpg?timestamp=1590454213 Heliodor Píka – General who became Communist regime’s first judicial murder victim https://english.radio.cz/heliodor-pika-general-who-became-communist-regimes-first-judicial-murder-victim-8127867 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9