Bedřich Reicin

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Bedřich Reicin (29 September 1911, in Přerov – 3 December 1952, in Pankrác Prison in Prague) was a Czechoslovak army officer and politician.

Reicin was born into a poor Jewish family (his birth name was Friedrich Reinzinger, sometimes written as Reicinger). He first studied at a

and soon became a propaganda officer there. In 1945, Reicin was named the head of the counter-intelligence service of the Corps, a role he reprised after the war. Between 1948 and 1951, Reicin served as the Deputy Minister of Defense, responsible for army personnel management. In 1948, he obtained the rank of brigade general (brigádní generál), and in 1950 the rank of division general (divizní generál).

During and after the war, Reicin always promoted interests of the communist party in the army. After

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External links

• Very short biography (in Czech)
• More detailed biography (PDF, HTML version at the Wayback Machine (archived September 29, 2007), in Czech)
• Military intelligence in Czechoslovakia 1945-48 (covers role of Reicin)