Antonín Janoušek

Antonín Janoušek

Antonín Janoušek (22 August 1877, in Nymburk – 30 March 1941) was a Czech journalist and communist who was the leader of the short-lived Slovak Soviet Republic.

Early life and career[]

Originally an engine fitter, in 1895, Janoušek became a member of the Social Democratic Party. In 1906, he became a workers journalists and a functionary of workers associations in Austria-Hungary.

Communist activities[]

In 1919, he led the Czech and Slovak section at the central committee of the Hungarian Communist Party. During the period 20 June - 7 July 1919, he was the “chairman of the revolutionary committee” (predseda revolučného výboru) of the short-lived Slovak Soviet Republic. In 1920, he was sentenced by the Horthy regime in Hungary, then delivered to Czechoslovak authorities. In 1922, he moved to Soviet Russia, where he became a functionary of the International Workers Aid Council.

He lived in Cheboksary, Chuvashia. Janoušek died "in bed" as reported by the historian V. Nálevka.^[1]

References[]

• Příruční slovník naučný 1962 (encyclopedia by Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences): volume II, page 338.