Antonín Janoušek
Politician, Deceased Person
1877 – 1941
Who was Antonín Janoušek?
Antonín Janoušek was a Czech journalist and communist.
Originally an engine fitter, in 1895, Janoušek became a member of the social democratic party. In 1906, he became a workers journalists and a functionary of workers associations in Austria-Hungary.
In 1919, he led the Czech and Slovak section at the central committee of the Hungarian Communist Party. During the period 20 June - 7 July 1919, he was the “chairman of the revolutionary committee” of the short-lived Slovak Soviet Republic. In 1920 he was sentenced by the Horthy regime in Hungary, then delivered to Czechoslovak authorities. In 1922, he moved to Soviet Russia, where he became a functionary of the International Workers Aid Council. He lived in Cheboksary, Chuvashia. He died "in bed" as reported by the historian V. Nálevka.
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- Born
- Aug 22, 1877
- Also known as
- Antonin Janousek
- Profession
- Died
- Mar 30, 1941
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on July 23, 2013
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