Abstrakt
1968 was a milestone in the history of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), which was celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of its establishment that year. The author analyses the peculiarities of the division of 1968 and its impact on the Greek left, and especially on the life of Greek refugees in Czechoslovakia.
The paper is based primarily on materials available in the National Archives of Prague (NAP) and also on the archives of the refugee newspaper Agonistis. The article highlights in chronological order the reactions of the KKE and the Czechoslovak leadership to the news about the military coup in Greece, focusing chiefly on the reactions caused by the split of the KKE in conjunction with the changes brought about by Prague Spring and its violent repression.