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This article discusses the culture of Czechoslovakia during the Cold War. Non-communist Artists, writers, and comedians were persecuted who showed dissent with commmunism.

Stalinization In February 1948, Czechoslovakia became a "people's democracy"--a preliminary step toward socialism and, ultimately, communism. Bureaucratic centralism under the direction of KSC leadership was introduced. Dissident elements were purged from all levels of society, including the Catholic Church. The ideological principles of Marxism-Leninism and socialist realism pervaded cultural and intellectual life.

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This U.S. Marshall Plan offered Czechosolavkia recover aid for World War 2 to help stop stagnation. The Soviet Union made Czechoslovakia decline the U.S. offer and join an organization against "America's Imperialism" and the Marshall Plan.