The Slansky Trial: introduction
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2012 marks the 60th anniversary of the so-called Trial of the Anti-State Conspiratorial Centre led by Rudolf Slansky.
Workers' Liberty 3/36: The Slansky Trial: Stalinism, anti-semitism and conspiracy theories
The Slansky Trial: the rehearsals
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At the centre of the supposed conspiracy was Rudolf Slansky, a lifelong member of the Czechoslovak Communist Party (CPC). He had joined the party at its inception in 1921 and been elected to its Central Committee in 1929.
The Slansky Trial and “cosmopolitians”
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The same meeting also marked the introduction of “anti-Zionism” (in reality: anti-semitism) into the preparations for the eventual show-trial.
The Slansky Trial: the performance
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On 20 November 1952 the Slansky Trial finally opened in Prague.
The Slansky Trial and Israel
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They claimed to have also sabotaged the Czechoslovak economy by making trade agreements with Israel under which the latter paid 17% less than it should have done for goods which it imported from Czechoslovakia.