#ColdWitch History Lessons

Unconquered: The Life and Death of Milada Horakova

In The Witch Who Came In From The Cold we met heroes - and villains - from a version of the Czech Republic that might have been if magic were just a bit more real than it seems to be (though we live in hope!).But there are many real figures from that time and place whose stories hold as much wonder as a spell - check out this one:

Milada Horakova was put to death at age 49 by hanging in Pankrac Prison, Prague on June 27, 1950. Of the 248 persons executed for political reasons in Communist Czechoslovakia during the Cold War, she was the only woman executed. Today she is a national heroine in the Czech Republic, and June 27th is the official day of “Commemoration for the Victims of the Communist Regime.”
The National Committee for a Free Europe (NCFE) published a graphic booklet in the United States with the title Unconquered in 1951 that portrayed a May 31 – June 8, 1950 show trial of Milada Horáková and twelve co–defendants. They had been charged with espionage and treason. The dramatic cover of the “comic book” is in classic early Cold War style and reads:
Social worker, lawyer, humanitarian, enemy of dictatorship, devoted to social justice and equal rights – Milada Horakova fought ... and died ... for a better way of life for all. Her resistance to the Nazis and the Communists has already become part of the history of the Czechoslovakian fight for freedom.
CLICK HERE for a brief look at the remarkable life and tragic death of Milada Horakova.
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We have to wonder what Milada Horakova's life might have looked like if she'd lived in the #ColdWitch universe. Might magic have saved this hero from her tragic fate?

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