Jan Masaryk Death Mystery: Exhumation May Reveal New Clues
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During the exhumation of Jan Masaryk's remains from the family tomb in Lány on Wednesday, it became clear that the body of the former foreign minister remained intact and had undergone a saponification process. The Office of Documentation and Investigation of the Crimes of Communism (ÚDV) proceeded to the exhumation in connection with new information that could help clarify the circumstances of Masaryk's death in March 1948.
Jan Masaryk death mystery: exhumation may reveal new clues
Did he jump or was he pushed? The death of former Czechoslovak foreign minister Jan Masaryk, who fell from his apartment window at Prague’s Černín Palace in 1948, remains unexplained nearly 80 years after his demise. Forensic experts have now exhumed his remains, and a new examination could shed more light on the circumstances of his tragic death.
The Lánský cemetery has been reopened since Friday morning after the exhumation of the remains of Jan Masaryk. No interventions are visible on the tomb of the Masaryk family and the grassy surface has been restored. The closure lasted two days. Experts removed the remains from the grave on Wednesday. Their examination is intended to help clarify the circumstances of the death of the then foreign minister in March 1948 after falling from a window…
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