- Karel Kaplan
Karel Kaplan (born 1928,
Horní Jelení ) is a Czech historian, who specialized in theWorld War II and postWorld War II periods inCzechoslovakia . Kaplan is regarded as one of the most noted historians of Czech communism from 1945 to 1968. He has written books about Czech politic trials during the 50s, the situation of Jews in Central Europe duringWorld War II , the Communist takeover inCzechoslovakia .Biography
During the
Prague Spring in 1968, he worked in the Committee of rehabilitation. He accessed classified documents of theCzechoslovakia nCommunist Party . After the end ofPrague Spring , Karel Kaplan fell into disgrace. He worked in a factory from 1972 to 1976, and in 1976 asked for political asylum inMunich . He started to publish his works there, and in 1990 went back to Czechoslovakia. He continues his academic research inPrague .Some translated works
* Dans les Archives du Comité Central: Trente ans de secrets du bloc soviétique, 1978
* The Short March: The Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia 1945-1948, 1987, ISBN 0-312-72209-5.
* Report on the Murder of the General Secretary, April 1990
** Zpráva o zavraždění generálního tajemníka, 1992 (in Czech)
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