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Ferdinand Peroutka

Czech journalist and writer (1895-1978) · Czechia · On the map · Writers · Died at 83

Ferdinand Peroutka was a Czech journalist and writer. A prominent political thinker and journalist during the First Czechoslovak Republic, Peroutka was persecuted by the Nazi regime for his democratic convictions and imprisoned at Buchenwald concentration camp.

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Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 1st class
Participant in the Resistance and Resistance Against Communism

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Following the 1948 coup by the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, he emigrated to both the United Kingdom and later, the United States.

Country
Czechia
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1895 to 1978 · aged 83

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