Milada Horáková

The memorial and bust of Milada Horáková. She was a Czech politician and strong opponent of Nazis and Communists. In 1945 she was sent to concentration camp by Nazis. After communist coup in Czechoslovakia she was unfairly accused of leading group to overthrow the regime. In 1950 communists sentenced her to death in 'fabricated' trial. She was hanged in near Pankrac prison despite the petition for her life signed by Einstein, Churchill, Eleanor Roosevelt and many others. The verdict was cancelled in 1968 and her reputation was fully rehabilitated after 1989 when the communism regime finally fell.