Photo: Filip Jandourek, Český rozhlas
Even after nearly eight decades, the circumstances surrounding the death of Jan Masaryk remain unclear. The son of Czechoslovakia’s first president and the country’s top diplomat died on March 10, 1948, just weeks after the Communist coup d’état.
Officially, his death was ruled a suicide—he allegedly jumped from a window of his apartment at the Černín Palace, the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Author: Vít Pohanka