Mašin sister rejects award

Zdena Mašinová, the sister of Ctirad and Josef, and daughter of Josef Sr. has reportedly declined to accept an award from defence Minister Vlasta Parkanová to honour her father, an anti-Nazi resistance fighter executed by the Nazis. His sons, the famous “Mašin brothers” escaped communist Czechoslovakia in the 1950s. Many view them as heroes, but some have questioned the apparently brutal way that they fought their way out of the country. The likely reason for the rejection is that technically, the Czech authorities still consider her brothers to be criminals.