Josef Smrkovský
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Josef Smrkovský was a Czech politician and a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia reform wing during the 1968 Prague Spring.
Josef Smrkovský and Ludvík Svoboda in 1968
A plaque bearing the name Josef Smrkovský – on the building at Wenceslas Square, No. 52.
Ludvík Svoboda
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Ludvík Svoboda was a Czech general and politician. He fought in both World Wars, for which he was regarded as a national hero, and he later served as the president of Czechoslovakia from 1968 to 1975.
Josef Smrkovský
…was assigned to work in various less important government ministries, finally becoming the Minister of Forestry and Water Works. Josef Smrkovský and Ludvík Svoboda in 1968 Smrkovský contributed to the reform movement of 1968 in a peculiar way. Not only did he support the removal of Antonín Novotný from his post…
Svoboda in 1968
Ludvík Svoboda