
Czech Authorities Exhume Jan Masaryk Nearly Eight Decades After Mysterious Death
Investigators are digging up the remains of the prominent post-war Czechoslovak leader to determine if he was murdered following the communist coup.
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Investigators are digging up the remains of the prominent post-war Czechoslovak leader to determine if he was murdered following the communist coup.

Experts will exhume the remains of Czech diplomat and politician Jan Masaryk from his family tomb in early September to conduct forensic analysis and finally clarify the circumstances surrounding his 1948 death.

Czech authorities have begun exhuming the remains of former Czechoslovak Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk to re-examine the circumstances surrounding his mysterious 1948 death. The reopened investigation seeks to determine whether his fall from a Prague office window was suicide or foul play.

The Czech state prosecutor's office is still investigating the death of former Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk, 78 years after he died from a fall from a window. The original investigation concluded suicide, but questions remain.

Nearly 80 years after his mysterious death, experts will exhume former Czechoslovak Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk’s remains for advanced CT scanning and 3D imaging to finally clarify the circumstances surrounding his passing.