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Josef Mašín
Pre-war portrait of pplk. Josef Mašín in officer uniform of Czechoslovak army.
Born	(1896-08-26)August 26, 1896 Lošany, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
Died	June 30, 1942(1942-06-30) (aged 45) Prague, Kobylisy Shooting Range, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, Nazi Germany
Years of service	1915–1920/1922–1939
Rank	podpolkovnik, Major General i.m.
Battles / wars	Battle of Zborov, Battle of Bakhmach

Josef Mašín (August 26, 1896 – June 30, 1942) was an army officer of Czechoslovakia and member of the underground resistance against the Nazis. He was the father of Josef and Ctirad Mašín.

Biography

Josef Mašín was born in Lošany near Kolín. He was a member of the Czechoslovak Legions fighting in Russia (1916–1921) and later an officer in the Czechoslovak Army (commander of an artillery regiment). After the occupation of Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany he, together with Josef Balabán and Václav Morávek, formed a resistance group concentrated on intelligence gathering and sabotage.

While more resistance groups existed, this one, aptly named Tři Králové (Three Kings), is the most known among the Czech public. Mašín was captured by the Gestapo on May 13, 1941. After being tortured, he twice attempted suicide. As part of the German retaliatory measures for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich he was executed in Prague, aged 45. His body was disposed of at Strašnice Crematorium.^[1] His wife was imprisoned for several months.

After the war, Josef Mašín received a posthumous promotion to Brigadier General. His sons - then 13 and 15 years old - got Medals for "personal bravery during the war" from president Edvard Beneš.

References

^ Riskoval život, tajně zapisoval jména obětí nacistů. Teď o tom promluvil

 Rozhovor s Josefem Mašínem v DVTV

External links

Media related to Josef Mašín at Wikimedia Commons

Czechoslovakia in World War II

Government

Government-in-exile

Edvard Beneš
- President
Jan Šrámek
- Prime Minister
Jan Masaryk
- foreign minister
František Moravec
- Chief of Intelligence

Protectorate
(Office-holders)

Nazi	Konstantin von Neurath, Reinhard Heydrich, Kurt Daluege, Wilhelm Frick Reichsprotektor Karl Hermann Frank Chief of Police
Czech	Emil Hácha President Alois Eliáš, Jaroslav Krejčí, Richard Bienert Prime minister Emanuel Moravec

Slovak Republic

Jozef Tiso
- President
Vojtech Tuka
- Prime Minister
Ferdinand Čatloš
- Minister of Defence

Resistance

Actions	Anthropoid (1942) Vrba–Wetzler report (1944) Slovak National Uprising (1944) Prague uprising (1945) Czech Radio
Groups	Council of Three (cs) Czech National Council (cs) Jan Hus partisan brigade [cs] Jan Žižka partisan brigade Obrana národa Out Distance Slovak partisans Slovak Insurgent Air Force ÚVOD [cs; de; pl] Working Group

Military

Battles

War crimes

17 November (1939)
Heydrichiáda [cs] (1942)
- Kobylisy
- Lidice
Životice (1944)
Kremnička and Nemecká (1944–45)
Ploština (1945)

Holocaust

Units

Western	Czechoslovak Legion 1st Czechoslovak Division RAF Squadrons 310 311 312 313 11th Infantry Battalion 1st Armoured Brigade
Soviet	1st Czechoslovak Army Corps 1st Czechoslovak Mixed Air Division
Axis	Freiwillige Schutzstaffel Hlinka Guard Emergency Divisions Government Army Slovak Air Force Slovak Army