Ladislav Kopřiva
CZECHOSLOVAK MEMBER OF CZECHOSLOVAK NATIONAL PARLIAMENT, MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY AND CZECHOSLOVAK POLITICIAN (1897-1971)
Ladislav Kopriva
Ladislav Kopřiva (28 June 1897 in Ivanovice na Hané, Austria-Hungary – 13 November 1971 in Prague) was a Czechoslovak communist during the era of Gottwald, after the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia took control of the country during a 1948 coup. His position was Minister of National Security, and he was largely responsible for a series of purges of party members, such as Czech Vice Premier Rudolf Slánský, stating that "Our Czechoslovak traitors [...