Vladimír Clementis

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Vladimír Clementis (September 20, 1902 Tisovec - December 3, 1952 Prague) was a Slovak politician. A Communist MP, his criticism in 1939 of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact forced him to spend the war in London, where he broadcast radio speeches calling for all Slovaks to fight the Nazis. Returning in 1945, he became Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs under the first post-war government. After the 1948 coup, which he helped organize, he succeeded Jan Masaryk as Foreign Minister. In 1950 he was forced to resign amid charges of being a "deviationist." After being convicted in a show trial, he was hanged, along with Rudolf Slánský.


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  • Margolius, Ivan (2006). Reflections of Prague: Journeys through the 20th century. London: Wiley. ISBN 0470022191. 


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