Karel Hájek (22 January 1900, in

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– 31 March 1978, in

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) was a Czechoslovak photographer who was represented by Schostal Photo Agency (Agentur Schostal). Among his best known photographs is the one of

Klement Gottwald Klement Gottwald (; 23 November 1896 – 14 March 1953) was a Czech communist politician, who was the leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1929 until his death in 1953 – titled as general secretary until 1945 and as chairman f ...

and Vladimir Clementis on a balcony in 1948 from which Clementis was later erased.

Gallery

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and

Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Dzhugashvili; 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until Death and state funeral of Joseph Stalin, his death in 1953. He held power as General Secret ...

File:Prague liberation 1945 konev.jpg, Soviet Marshal

Ivan Koniev Ivan Stepanovich Konev ( rus, Ива́н Степа́нович Ко́нев, p=ɪˈvan sʲtʲɪˈpanəvʲɪtɕ ˈkonʲɪf, links=no; 28 December 1897 – 21 May 1973) was a Soviet general and Marshal of the Soviet Union who led Red Army forc ...

in the Liberation of Prague, 1945

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hajek, Karel Photographers from Prague 1900 births 1978 deaths People from Jindřichův Hradec District Czechoslovak photographers