US EditionMysterious envelope from Czechoslovakia's founding father found
- An envelope containing the unknown thoughts of Tomas Garrigue Masaryk, the first president of Czechoslovakia, was unveiled during a live broadcast with President Petr Pavel present.
- The envelope, sealed in 2005 by Antonin Sum, was to remain unopened for 20 years, as agreed with two of Masaryk's granddaughters.
- Experts identified five pages of handwritten notes inside the envelope, but disputed that they were from 1937; some remarks were critical of various groups.
- Historian Dagmar Hajkova noted the notes suggest Masaryk felt his 'days are numbered' but was unafraid of death.
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Tomš Garrigue Masaryk left unpublished notes that were now partially disseminated, in an act in the Czech Republic.His strongest comments and the warning he left in the middle of the Nazi threat.There is a new riddle: when exactly does the letter date from?
Mysterious envelope from Czechoslovakia's founding father found
Unknown musings of the founding father of an independent Czechoslovakia, its first president, Tomas Garrigue Masaryk, are believed to have been unearthed. An envelope, whose existence was unknown to living members of the family, was unveiled in a live broadcast on Friday, with President Petr Pavel in attendance, as speculation swirled about what it may contain. It was believed Masaryk dictated his thoughts to his son Jan some 90 years ago, when …
On Friday, after 88 years, the words that Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk apparently dictated to his son, diplomat Jan Masaryk, were read at the Chateau in Lány.
Eva Mošpanová's gloss: Expectations were high for the nearly century-old letter promising the last words of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. But in the end, what happened around it is perhaps more interesting than the contents of the envelope itself.
CNN: Czechs agog as national archive prepares to open mysterious envelope sealed for 20 years | ResearchBuzz: Firehose
CNN: Czechs agog as national archive prepares to open mysterious envelope sealed for 20 years. “The final thoughts of [Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk], who governed the Czechoslovak Republic from 1918 to 1935, are believed to have been recorded by his son Jan Masaryk just before his death in September 1937 and have been sealed in a letter ever since, according to Czech public radio, which has set up a special section of its website to cover the opening …
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