Pavel Bret, director of the Institute for the Documentation and Investigation of the Crimes of Communism (UDV), Rudolf Pavlicek, former member of the national committee in Trtice, west Bohemia, signed the decision to confiscate the property and to move out private farmer Karel Horacek. Horacek was then the largest competition for the emerging agricultural cooperative in the village. Pavlicek, 77, would not comment Czech PM signs agreement on Czech accession to ESA ...
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Later data are only based on estimates.
(Ceske Noviny)
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