Rudolf Tayerlé (1877–1942) was a

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Social Democratic Social democracy is a Social philosophy, social, Economic ideology, economic, and political philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy and a gradualist, reformist, and democratic approach toward achi ...

politician and

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leader. In 1922 he was instrumental in expelling the

communists Communism () is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered on common ownership of the means of production, d ...

from the Odborové sdružení českoslovanské. In 1942 he was elected vice-president of the

International Federation of Trade Unions The International Federation of Trade Unions (also known as the Amsterdam International) was an international organization of trade unions, existing between 1919 and 1945. IFTU had its roots in the pre-war International Secretariat of National Tr ...

. Tayerlé was arrested shortly after the German invasion of Czechoslovakia. He died in the

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.Goethem, Geert van.
The Amsterdam International: The World of the International Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU), 1913-1945
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Aldershot Aldershot ( ) is a town in the Rushmoor district, Hampshire, England. It lies on heathland in the extreme north-east corner of the county, south-west of London. The town has a population of 37,131, while the Farnborough/Aldershot built-up are ...

: Ashgate, 2006. p. 42, 72Lane, A. T.
Biographical Dictionary of European Labor Leaders
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: Greenwood Press, 1995. p. 401

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