Are we a Civil Society?

by | Jun 27, 2011 | Dr. Mestenhauser

By Dr. Josef A. Mestenhauser This is a complex question. It can be answered in terms of our own associations, such as Sokol, or the Czech and Slovak Cultural Center because part of the concept of the civil society does imply existence of many voluntary associations....

What do you know (want to know) (need to know)

by | Apr 30, 2011 | Dr. Mestenhauser

By Dr. Josef A. Mestenhauser These are three questions in one – and answers depend on three different concepts that I will try to relate to each other. One is what we actually know – in our case about the Czech and Slovak republkics that we have learned from school or...

Yes, it was murder

by | Feb 26, 2011 | Dr. Mestenhauser

By Dr. Josef A. Mestenhauser Now I will present the evidence supporting the argument that Jan Masaryk was indeed a victim of murder. The first support for the murder theory arises from the denials of the Russian government to open its archives from that period. The...

We Still Do Not Know…

by | Jan 10, 2011 | Dr. Mestenhauser

This portion in my series of articles about the mysterious death of Jan Masaryk took me the longest time to write. New evidence and historical facts led to several reviews to make sure I was neither neglecting some important evidence nor distorting it through...

Will we ever know?

by | Oct 13, 2010 | Dr. Mestenhauser

By Dr. Josef A. Mestenhauser Will we ever know what happened the fateful night of March ninth 1948? The question is: “Was Jan Masaryk murdered that night between the 9th and 10th of March, or did he commit suicide by jumping out of the window of the Cernin Palace into...