Tomáš Sedláček
Deceased Person
1918 – 2012
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Who was Tomáš Sedláček?
Tomáš Sedláček graduated from a military academy and fled to France in 1940 when his nation was occupied by Nazi troops. After France was defeated Sedláček joined the British Army before moving to the Soviet Union in 1944 and helping liberate Czechoslovakia.
After the Communists took power there, he was arrested in 1951 and convicted of anti-communist activities and jailed for life. He was released in 1960 and exonerated by the Czech Velvet Revolution in 1989.
Sedlacek died on 27 August 2012 of melanoma aged 94.
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