“Operation K” - How the Communists wiped out Czechoslovakia’s monasteries in one brutal stroke

Exactly 70 years ago the Communist regime launched its nation-wide
crackdown operation on Czechoslovakia’s monasteries. Known as Akce K
(Operation K), it saw the mass incarceration of more than 2,300 monks and
was part of a wide reaching mission to curb the power of the Church in the
country. Many of the victims would end up serving long sentences, or used
as forced labour.