Olga Hepnarová: the last woman executed in Czechoslovakia

Name: Olga Hepnarová: the last woman executed in Czechoslovakia
Uploaded: 2025-03-14T12:35:23+00:00
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Description: Exactly fifty years ago, Olga Hepnarová became the last woman to be executed in Czechoslovakia. Her case still haunts the Czech public imagination. It was one of the most shocking crimes in Czechoslovakia's post-war history. On July 10, 1973, 22-year-old Olga Hepnarová drove a truck into a group of people waiting at a tram stop

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Exactly fifty years ago, Olga Hepnarová became the last woman to be executed in Czechoslovakia. Her case still haunts the Czech public imagination. It was one of the most shocking crimes in Czechoslovakia’s post-war history.

On July 10, 1973, 22-year-old Olga Hepnarová drove a truck into a group of people waiting at a tram stop in Prague, killing eight and injuring twelve.

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Author: Vít Pohanka