PRAGUE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA (CZECH REPUBLIC) – MARCH 10, 1948 Jan Masaryk was a Czechoslovak diplomat, politician and the son of the first Czechoslovak President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. Not only his father, but also Jan, was an important Czechoslovak personality, whom many Czechs (and Slovaks) admire to this day.
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Jan Masaryk served in the Czechoslovak government-in-exile in London during World War II. There he tried to secure Allied support for the wartime reconstruction of Czechoslovakia. After the war, he returned to Prague, where he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Shortly after the Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia, Jan Masaryk was found dead under the window of the ministry building on 10 March 1948. According to an investigation by the communist police at the time, it was a suicide.
When communism ended in the Czech Republic, the new government launched an investigation into his death. It was found that he was most likely murdered by police agents. However, no clear evidence was ever found to prove this beyond doubt. What is certain, however, is that at the time he was not a good fit for the Communists because of his democratic outlook.
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