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General Heliodor Pka was a Czechoslovak army officer who was executed by his countrys Communist regime after a show trial.

Heliodor Pka was born in a village of ttina in Austrian Silesia, near Opava, then AustriaHungary. During World War I, Pka served as a Czechoslovak legionnaire in the Russian theatres. He was captured at Berestechko on October 5, 1916, during the Russian campaign but by 1917 he had returned to duty as a member of the French Army and would later serve with the Czechoslovak Legions in France. By 1920, when the Legion was disbanded, Pka had risen to the rank of lieutenant.

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