Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska In the summer of 1968, Czechoslovakia underwent a remarkable period of political liberalization known as the Prague Spring. Initiated under the leadership of Alexander Dubček, who was elected First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) on January 5, 1968, the reforms sought to implement “socialism with a human face,” introducing unprecedented […]

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 Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska   In the early hours of Aug. 21, 1968 the Warsaw Pact countries following the Soviet orders invaded Czechoslovakia in order to bring to an end the Prague Spring reform movement. The Prague Spring movement intended to end Soviet totalitarian system. The invasion led to the appointment of Moscow-affiliated leaders and the return […]

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