Bedřich Reicin

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).

After February 1948, he organized mass purges of officers who were felt to not be loyal enough to the new regime (including flying ace František Peřina).

Reicin was selected for participation in the Slánský Trial, and for year and half was prepared and tortured to fit the role.

One of the accusations was handing Julius Fučík (a communist journalist) over to the Gestapo, a technical impossibility since Reicin was already in the Soviet Union at this time.