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. The party was founded in 1920. The most prominent personality in the party was

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. The party published the weekly newspaper ''Svoboda''.Collegium Carolinum (Munich, Germany), and Karl Bosl.
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: Oldenbourg, 1979. p. 233 In 1923, the party changed name to Christian People's Party (). In 1924, the party merged into the

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. The Czechoslovak People's Party kept the name "Christian People's Party" in Subcarpathian Rus'.

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