Václav Vaško, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Václav Vaško

Czech historian and writer

Date of Birth: 26-Apr-1921

Place of Birth: Zvolen, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia

Date of Death: 20-May-2009

Profession: writer, diplomat

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Václav Vaško (26 April 1921 – 20 May 2009) was a Czech diplomat, human rights activist, author of books dealing with the history of the Catholic Church during the Soviet occupation and communist dictatorship, and a former political prisoner of the communist regime. He was awarded the Medal of Merit by President Václav Havel on 28 October 1998.
He was a founding signatory of the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism.