A film invested by Netflix, introducing an extraordinary person and a story of history: Milada Horakova, born in Prague during the Austro-Hungarian Em[Expand All]
A film invested by Netflix, introducing an extraordinary person and a piece of history Milada Horakova was born in Prague during the Austro-Hungarian Empire. At the age of 17 during World War I, she was expelled from school for participating in anti-war demonstrations. Later, she devoted herself to women's rights and children's welfare. In 1940, she was arrested by the Gestapo for participating in an underground resistance organization and was detained in a German concentration camp. The German authorities requested the German court to sentence her to death. But in the end, the court sentenced her to eight years. She returned to Prague after World War II ended in 1945. In 1946, she ran for election as a member of parliament and continued to focus on women's rights. In 1948, during the coup of the Czech Republic and the Communist Party, she resigned in protest and publicly criticized the Czech Republic and the Communist Party as undemocratic. He was arrested in 1949 and sentenced to death by hanging in 1950 on the charge of being an enemy of the state and the people. Under the arrangement of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the trial of her and the other twelve people was broadcast live. Eventually, four of them were sentenced to death by hanging. Milada was rehabilitated after 1989. A street in Prague was named after her. The day she was executed was also designated as the Memorial Day for the Victims of the Czech totalitarian system. Milada's last words: "I hold my head high, even if it might land." In battle, people will fall, but if they don't fight, is it still life?[Collapse]
