Milena Johnova

Milena Johnova

Archaeologists finished exploring with a probe a mass grave of anti-Communist political prisoners at the Prague-Dablice cemetery to find out the exact place where the body of anti-Nazi and anti-Communist fighter Zdena Masinova Sr is buried, Prague councillor Milena Johnova (photo) told on a news conference today, on Thursday, July 23, 2020. Her bodily remains are not found. In March, Prague agreed with Zdena Masinova Jr. that the body of her mother would be exhumed. Masinova Sr (1907-1956) was the wife of a hero of the anti-Nazi resistance movement, Lieutenant Colonel Josef Masin, who was shot dead by the Nazis in 1942. Apart from the daughter, she had two sons, Ctirad and Josef, who succeeded in fighting their way out of the Communist Czechoslovakia to the West in the early 1950s. Masinova Sr, who organised a petition in support of democratic politician Milada Horakova who was sentenced to death and executed in 1950, was arrested in 1953 in connection with her sons' anti-Communist activities and later sentenced to 25 years in prison, while her brother Ctibor Novak was executed in 1955. She died in prison in 1956 and was buried in a mass grave without a funeral. She was rehabilitated in 1991. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

Petr Veleminsky

Petr Veleminsky

Archaeologists finished exploring with a probe a mass grave of anti-Communist political prisoners at the Prague-Dablice cemetery to find out the exact place where the body of anti-Nazi and anti-Communist fighter Zdena Masinova Sr is buried. Antropologist Petr Veleminsky on a news conference today, on Thursday, July 23, 2020. Her bodily remains are not found. In March, Prague agreed with Zdena Masinova Jr. that the body of her mother would be exhumed. Masinova Sr (1907-1956) was the wife of a hero of the anti-Nazi resistance movement, Lieutenant Colonel Josef Masin, who was shot dead by the Nazis in 1942. Apart from the daughter, she had two sons, Ctirad and Josef, who succeeded in fighting their way out of the Communist Czechoslovakia to the West in the early 1950s. Masinova Sr, who organised a petition in support of democratic politician Milada Horakova who was sentenced to death and executed in 1950, was arrested in 1953 in connection with her sons' anti-Communist activities and later sentenced to 25 years in prison, while her brother Ctibor Novak was executed in 1955. She died in prison in 1956 and was buried in a mass grave without a funeral. She was rehabilitated in 1991. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

Milena Johnova, Jan Havrda, Petr Veleminsky

Milena Johnova, Jan Havrda, Petr Veleminsky

Archaeologists finished exploring with a probe a mass grave of anti-Communist political prisoners at the Prague-Dablice cemetery to find out the exact place where the body of anti-Nazi and anti-Communist fighter Zdena Masinova Sr is buried, Jan Havrda (from left), Prague councillor Milena Johnova and antropologist Petr Veleminsky told on a news conference today, on Thursday, July 23, 2020. Her bodily remains are not found. In March, Prague agreed with Zdena Masinova Jr. that the body of her mother would be exhumed. Masinova Sr (1907-1956) was the wife of a hero of the anti-Nazi resistance movement, Lieutenant Colonel Josef Masin, who was shot dead by the Nazis in 1942. Apart from the daughter, she had two sons, Ctirad and Josef, who succeeded in fighting their way out of the Communist Czechoslovakia to the West in the early 1950s. Masinova Sr, who organised a petition in support of democratic politician Milada Horakova who was sentenced to death and executed in 1950, was arrested in 1953 in connection with her sons' anti-Communist activities and later sentenced to 25 years in prison, while her brother Ctibor Novak was executed in 1955. She died in prison in 1956 and was buried in a mass grave without a funeral. She was rehabilitated in 1991. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

last farewell to Vladimir Hradec

last farewell to Vladimir Hradec

Last farewell to Vladimir Hradec, who cooperated with the anti-communist resistence group of Masin brothers in the 1950s, was held on February 25, 2020, in Melnik, Czech Republic. Hradec died at the age of 88 years. On the photo is seen Mayor of Melnik Ctirad Mikes. (CTK Photo/Vit Cerny)