Constitutional Court orders court to reopen case over Mašín family farm

The Constitutional Court ordered on Wednesday a local court to reopen the case of a farm confiscated from the famous Mašín family of anti-Nazi and later anti-Communist opponents. The farm near Kolín was partially returned to the family after 1989 but the family have since been fighting for a full restitution. Such moves led by Zdena Mašínová were blocked by the regional court on procedural grounds. Josef Mašín was one of the so called ‘Three Kings’were led resistance to the Nazi occupation. Sons Josef and Ctirad were part of an anti-Communist group before fleeing to the West in 1953.

Author: Chris Johnstone