Karel Klos
Karel Klos was born in 1909. He studied at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University, where he received his doctorate in law in 1934. As a student he was active in left-wing groups. In 1938 he passed the judicial exam and began working as a judge. During the German occupation he was active as a judge of the Regional Court in Prague, in Vozica and in Tábor until 1944, when he was totally deployed to work in a medical cooperative in Volyn. In May 1945, he was appointed by the local Revolutionary National Committee to head an investigation commission against collaborators.
In 1945, he joined the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and from August 1945 he worked at the Provincial Court in Prague, where he participated in the formation of the Revolutionary Trade Union Movement and later became a member of the Central Council of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. He was a member of the legal commission at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. In February 1948 he was called to the Ministry of Justice. There he was appointed to the post of chief of the minister's cabinet and took an active part in the purges in the judiciary. After a short time he was appointed Deputy Minister for the State Prosecutor's Office and the State Court. He was a member of the infamous Commission K, which decided on sentences in political cases. In early 1953 he was dismissed and became president of the People's Civil Court. In May 1955, he was expelled from the Communist Party. He died in 1982.
Source:
VOREL, Jaroslav, ŠIMÁNKOVÁ, Alena et al. Volume I, ÚDV, Prague 2003.
Karel Klos was born in 1909. He studied at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University, where he received his doctorate in law in 1934. As a student he was active in left-wing groups. In 1938 he passed the judicial exam and began working as a judge. During the German occupation he was active as a judge of the Regional Court in Prague, in Vozica and in Tábor until 1944, when he was totally deployed to work in a medical cooperative in Volyn. In May 1945, he was appointed by the local Revolutionary National Committee to head an investigation commission against collaborators.
In 1945, he joined the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and from August 1945 he worked at the Provincial Court in Prague, where he participated in the formation of the Revolutionary Trade Union Movement and later became a member of the Central Council of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. He was a member of the legal commission at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. In February 1948 he was called to the Ministry of Justice. There he was appointed to the post of chief of the minister's cabinet and took an active part in the purges in the judiciary. After a short time he was appointed Deputy Minister for the State Prosecutor's Office and the State Court. He was a member of the infamous Commission K, which decided on sentences in political cases. In early 1953 he was dismissed and became president of the People's Civil Court. In May 1955, he was expelled from the Communist Party. He died in 1982.
Source:
VOREL, Jaroslav, ŠIMÁNKOVÁ, Alena et al. Volume I, ÚDV, Prague 2003.