Jan Masaryk
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Jan Garrigue Masaryk was a Czech diplomat and politician who served as the Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia from 1940 to 1948. American journalist John Gunther described Masaryk as "a brave, honest,
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Grave of the Masaryk family in Lány cemetery
Memorial plaque with Masaryk's quote "Pravda vítězí, ale dá to fušku" (The truth prevails, but it's a chore). It is a reference to the Czechoslovak national motto Pravda vítězí (Truth prevails).
Jan Masaryk with Laurence Steinhardt, the United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia.
Edvard Beneš
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Edvard Beneš was a Czech politician and statesman who served as the president of Czechoslovakia from 1935 to 1938, and again from 1939 to 1948. During the first six years of his second stint, he led t
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…Bohemia-Moravia throughout the conflict via BBC radio. He also served as Foreign Minister in the Czechoslovak government-in-exile. He travelled with Edvard Beneš (the President of Czechoslovakia) to Moscow to meet Joseph Stalin, where it was agreed that Czechoslovakia would retain its autonomy whilst having a…
Beneš c. 1942
Edvard Beneš with his wife Hana in 1934
Triumvirate of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Milan Rastislav Štefánik, and Edvard Beneš
Time cover, 23 March 1925