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When she was gone, he called Masin, and then, instead of explaining what he wanted, he threw himself into an armchair and sat in silence for nearly half an hour.
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"Masin," he said, when he had finished, "did you ever kill a man?"
The Heart of Rome 1881
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In the early 1950s, the Masin group burned haystacks and tried to derail trains to shake the communists' hold on power.
Former Resistance Fighter's Death Reopens Old Czech Wounds Leos Rousek 2011
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Mr. Masin "showed his heroism by standing up against the totalitarian dictatorship which banned freedoms in our country for decades," Mr. Necas said.
Former Resistance Fighter's Death Reopens Old Czech Wounds Leos Rousek 2011
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Last week, the Czech Republic's right-leaning prime minister, Petr Necas, said he would award Ctirad Masin the Order of the Golden Linden, a high military honor.
Former Resistance Fighter's Death Reopens Old Czech Wounds Leos Rousek 2011
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"For me and my brother, the problem has always been that even after more than 20 years there still is a communist party in the Czech parliament," said Mr. Masin, who now lives in California.
Former Resistance Fighter's Death Reopens Old Czech Wounds Leos Rousek 2011
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Even among anticommunists, the actions of Ctirad Masin pronounced Tzee-rad Ma-shin and his brother, stir some equivocation.
Former Resistance Fighter's Death Reopens Old Czech Wounds Leos Rousek 2011
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"They were killing and jailing our people, so we decided to fight," said Josef Masin, 79, in a telephone interview.
Former Resistance Fighter's Death Reopens Old Czech Wounds Leos Rousek 2011
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Ctirad Masin, who died Aug. 13 at 81 years old in the U.S., his adopted home, was a controversial figure in Czech history.
Former Resistance Fighter's Death Reopens Old Czech Wounds Leos Rousek 2011
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Messrs. Weill, Klein and Masin either declined to comment or didn't respond to requests.
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