Josef Mašín Jr., last surviving member of Mašín brothers' resistance group, dies aged 94

Josef Mašín Jr., the last surviving member of the Mašín brothers' anti-communist resistance group, died on November 2, 2026, in Santa Barbara, California, aged 94. The Czech memory institution Paměť národa announced his death on Facebook on Monday.

He was the last surviving member of the trio comprising himself, his brother Ctirad Mašín and Milan Paumer, who fought their way armed through East Germany to West Berlin in 1953.