MASARYK, JAN

yän mäˈsärĭk, 1886–1948, Czechoslovak diplomat, son of Thomas G. Masaryk. He was (1925–38) Czechoslovak minister to Great Britain, and in London he became (1940) foreign minister in the Czechoslovak government in exile headed by Eduard Beneš after the German occupation of Czechoslovakia. During World War II, Masaryk supported a policy of cooperation with the Soviet Union as well as with the Western powers. He continued to hold his post after his government returned (1945) to Prague, and he remained in office after the Communist coup of Feb., 1948. A few days later it was officially announced that he had committed suicide by throwing himself from a window. The announcement aroused world consternation. No real evidence was ever adduced to prove whether his death was or was not voluntary.

See C. Sterling, The Masaryk Case (1982).

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1.
President Masaryk Tells His Story
Book by Karel Čapek, T. G. Masaryk; Allen & Unwin, 1934
Subjects: Masaryk, T. G--(Tomas Garrigue)--1850-1937
...who estimates everything from his papers standpoint and cuts his coat according to ____________________ 1 Jan Neruda 1834- 1891 was a journalist and poet of democratic views. He wrote chiefly essays and sketches which were published...
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Masaryk in England
Book by R. W. Seton-Watson; The University press, 1943
Subjects: Masaryk, T. G--(Tomas Garrigue)--1850-1937, World War, 1914-1918
...111 Liberals, German, 9 Lloyd George, Mr, Masaryk on, 91 London, Treaty of, 59 , 62 Long war...F. P., 60 Marne battle, 176 Marxism, Masaryk on, 13 Masaryk, Alice, 22 , 29 , 79 Jan, 58 Olga, 60 , 147 Matice Ceska, 9 Mattus...
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Jan Smuts: A Biography
Book by F. S. Crafford; Doubleday, Doran & co., inc., 1943
Subjects: Smuts, Jan Christiaan--1870-1950
Marxian doctrine, Smutss view, 226 Masaryk, Thomas Garrigue, 160 Mashonaland, invaded by Cecil Rhodes, 15 Massey, William Fergusson, Prime Minister of New Zealand...
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The Meaning of Czech History
Book by Tomáš G. Masaryk, René Wellek, Peter Kussi; University of North Carolina Press, 1974
Subjects: Czechoslovakia--History
...recalled the words of the teacher of Jan Hus: "Let the dead bury their dead...From "Master Jan Hus and the Czech Reformation," a...July 1910. Published in Tomas G. Masaryk, Jan Hus: Nase obrozeni a nase reformance...
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The Spirit of Russia: Studies in History, Literature and Philosophy
Book by Thomas Garrigue Masaryk, Eden Paul, Cedar Paul, W. R., Z. Lee; Allen & Unwin, 1919
Subjects: Dostoyevsky, Fyodor--1821-1881, Philosophy, Russian, Russian Literature--History And Criticism, Soviet Union--History
THOMAS GARRIGUE MASARYK The Spirit of Russia STUDIES IN HISTORY, LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY translated...by Eden and Cedar Paul with additional chapters and bibliographies by Jan Slavik the former translated and the latter condensed and translated...
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journal articles on: Masaryk Jan  - 42 results

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1.
Playwrights, Presidents, and Prague
Journal article by Peter Bridges; The Virginia Quarterly Review, Vol. 79, 2003
Subjects: Capek, Karel, Czechoslovakia, Dramatists, History, Masaryk, Tomas Garrigue (1850-1937), Presidents
...in a Washington park. Masaryk, for most American readers...in 1948. But that was Jan Masaryk. The monument is to his...leader. But, as his son Jan told his good friend Marcia...democracy, and Tomas Masaryk entrusted this to his...
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Comment: Letter from Prague
Journal article by Mark Jarman; The Hudson Review, Vol. 58, 2006
Subjects: Cemeteries, Kafka, Franz (1883-1924), Landmarks, Prague Czech Republic, Tourist attractions, Travel, Writers
...transported home of the Virgin Mary, is the building where Jan Masaryk was defenestrated by the Communists. He was the son of...statue faces the Presidential palace on the Castle square. Jan Masaryks memorial is an out-of-the-way plaque beside...
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The Dramatic Presentation of Inner Turmoil: Shakespeare and John Berryman's Dream Songs
Journal article by Jay Peters; PSYART, 2008
...elegiac Time-Life article about Jan Masaryk, at whose funeral Gottwald, a...president. Gottwald viewed the young Masaryk as a political rival who had nationalist support. Jan Masaryk died under suspicious circumstances...
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Czechs and Slovaks, 1998: a Year of Anniversaries
Journal article by H. Gordon Skilling; International Journal, Vol. 53, 1998
Subjects: Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Europe, History, Monetary policy, Slovakia
...would have answered his call. Even Jan Masaryk, son of the president-liberator...Although he was a Slovak, Dubcek, like Masaryk before him, became the symbol of...remembered and celebrated. Like Masaryk and Dubcek before him, Vaclav Havel...
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Remembering Tibor Eckhardt: A Conversation with Dr. Otto Von Habsburg
Journal article by Katalin Kadar Lynn; East European Quarterly, Vol. 41, 2008
Subjects: Habsburg, Otto Von, Presidents (Organizations)
...from them. The correspondence I found was addressed to Jan Masaryk, asking for Vamberys monthly stipend to proceed with...talking with someone that I respected, among the Czechs, Jan Masaryk, who was fundamentally an honest person. Masaryk said...
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Prague, 1948: The February Revolution
Magazine article by Richard Crossman; New Statesman, Vol. 137, February 18, 2008
Subjects: Czech history, Masaryk, Jan--Death of, Politicians--Death of, Prague, Czech Republic--Political aspects, Revolutions
...collapsed, everything was lost. Masaryk stayed at the Foreign Office, Benes...believe, was the question which Masaryk pondered by his fathers grave. By...remaining non-Communist minister, Jan Masaryk, apparently killed himself, though...
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Jan Papanek: 100th Anniversary: Diplomat, Delegate, Defender of Democracy
Magazine article; UN Chronicle, Vol. 33, Winter 1996
Subjects: Diplomats--Biography, Papanek, Jan--Biography
...democracy It is indeed symbolic that Dr. Jan Papanek - Czechoslovakias first Permanent...President Benes and Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk on one side, and the Communists on...was vetoed by the Soviet Union. Jan Papanek was withdrawn as Czechoslovakias...
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Prague Gets the Chicago Treatment
Magazine article by George Black; The Nation, Vol. 251, December 10, 1990
Subjects: Czechoslovakia--Political aspects, Havel, Vaclav--Political activity, Klaus, Vaclav--Political activity
...Instead of quoting the famous line from Jan Hus, the reformation theologian...on Hus by former Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk, who jumped, or fell, or was pushed...chose the 1934 autobiography of Tomas Masaryk, Czechoslovakias first President...
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The Diet of Worms and the Defenestration of Prague
Magazine article by Stephen Jay Gould; Natural History, Vol. 105, September 1996
Subjects: Government, History, Middle Ages, Religion
...opening.) The memory of Bohemian religious reformer Jan Hus, burned for heresy in 1415 and claimed by later...remembered by readers of a generation just before mine. Jan Masaryk, son of Tomas Masaryk, the first president of Czechoslovakia, held on...
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Prague Autumn
Magazine article by Peter Hitchens; American Conservative, Vol. 8, August 2009
Subjects: Communism, EU membership, European Union, European history, Freedoms, Imperialism, Prague Czech Republic
...to die or suffer horribly in the furious retaliation. Jan Masaryk, a liberal who tried to work with Stalin, is pushed to...When this fails, they try Molotov cocktails, and Jan Palach burns himself to death. After too much of this...
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Building Peace and Security through Democracy
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, September 17, 2008
...and democracy we share with the nation of Thomas Masaryk, Vaclav Havel, Jan Masaryk, and other great fighters for freedom. This...Schwarzenberg brought me to the room from where Jan Masaryk was pushed out of the window. On the marker below...
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Our Common Humanity; the UN and the Building of a Better World
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, September 29, 2005
Subjects: United Nations
...Highness, Faisal Ibn Abdul Aziz of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sir Ramas-wami Mudaliar of India, Jan Smuts of South Africa, Jan Masaryk of Czechoslovakia, Paul-Henri Spaak of Belgium, Herbert Evatt of Australia, Exequiel Padilla of Mexico...
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The United Nations & Carlos P. Romulo
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, October 19, 2005
Subjects: United Nations
...Royal Highness Faisal Ibn Abdul Aziz of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sir Ramaswami Mudaliar of India, Jan Smuts of South Africa, Jan Masaryk of Czechoslovakia, Paul-Henri Spaak of Belgium, Herbert Evatt of Australia, Exequiel Padilla of Mexico...
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Service Please ... Back to the Old School as Savoy Grill Reopens
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), November 26, 2010
...wartime Cabinet to dine at the Grill, which also became a regular haunt of exiled leaders such as Charles de Gaulle and Jan Masaryk. The taxi turnaround beside the Grill remains the only street in Britain where drivers are legally obliged to drive...
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Stuntman Is Wheely Talented; Bizarre Stories from around the World SHOWBIZ CAREER IS GOAL
Newspaper article; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), October 30, 2011
Subjects: Entertainment industry
...was refused a place, has been jailed for five months. CrazedDariusSieczkowski, 26, fell out with officials at the Jan Masaryk University after they refused to allow him to research a PhD in Slavic Studies there. Slow-train blues A ROMANIAN...
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encyclopedia articles on: Masaryk Jan  - 4 results

 
 
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Masaryk, Jan
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MASARYK, JAN yan ma sarik, 1886 1948, Czechoslovak diplomat, son of Thomas G. Masaryk. He was (1925 38) Czechoslovak minister...Czechoslovakia. During World War II, Masaryk supported a policy of cooperation with...
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Czechoslovakia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...sq km), in central Europe. On Jan. 1, 1993, the Czech Republic and...first and second presidents, T. G. Masaryk and Eduard Benes . The union of the...government in Feb., 1948. In March, Jan Masaryk , the non-Communist foreign minister...
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Czech Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...rehabilitate writing in Czech. Jan Kollar led the Pan-Slavic revival...the poetry of Svatopluk Cech , Jan Neruda , and Joseph V. Sladek...the influential critic Thomas Masaryk. Proletarian and rural themes...note include Egon Hostovsky and Jan Drda. Some relaxation of the...
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Bohemia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...only at the end of World War I under the guidance of T. G. Masaryk . In 1918, Bohemia became the core of the new state of Czechoslovakia...became an independent state when Czechoslovakia was dissolved on Jan. 1, 1993. Bibliography See C. E. Maurice, Bohemia from...


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