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R. A. Dvorský Used to Be a Lion of the Salons, but Tuberculosis Destroyed Him in a Communist Prison

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70 years ago, on Thursday, May 10, 1956, a gray-haired, emaciated, and noticeably pale man stepped out of the gates of Pilsen's Bory prison. He was 57 years old, but more than three years behind bars had made him older. He was out of breath a lot as a result of severe tuberculosis, which had returned during his imprisonment. But even though he was only a shadow of the former lion of the salons he once was, his nobility was still evident. The leg…
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70 years ago, on Thursday, May 10, 1956, a gray-haired, emaciated, and noticeably pale man stepped out of the gates of Pilsen's Bory prison. He was 57 years old, but more than three years behind bars had made him older. He was out of breath a lot as a result of severe tuberculosis, which had returned during his imprisonment. But even though he was only a shadow of the former lion of the salons he once was, his nobility was still evident. The leg…

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Deník.cz broke the news on Sunday, May 10, 2026.
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