Naděžda Kavalírová

Naděžda Kavalírová (13 November 1923 – 20 January 2017) was a Czech paramedic, human rights activist and political prisoner.

[1] She later headed the Confederation of Political Prisoners (Konfederace politických vězňů České republiky) from 2003 until her death in January 2017.

[1] In 1948, following the takeover of Czechoslovakia by the Communist government, Kavalírová was expelled from the faculty of the School of Medicine at the Charles University in Prague due to her membership in the Czech National Social Party.

[1] She was a member of Czechoslovak National Socialist Party and participated in a student march to Prague Castle.

[1] Naděžda Kavalírová died in Pardubice, Czech Republic, on 20 January 2017, at the age of 93.