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ironic anniversaries

March 7 was the birthday of the man who created modern #Czechoslovakia and the one who nearly destroyed it

- President Liberator Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850-1937)
- Nazi governor Reinhard Heydrich (1904; assassinated by Czechoslovak paratroopers, 1942)
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black-and-white photo: Heydrich (in front of officers and troops)l facing left and giving the Nazi salute at Prague Castle--where he ruled from the presidential office that Masaryk had formerly occupied)
postal cover with special postmark in red celebrating Masaryk's 85th birthday, 1935: right: red 1-Crown stamp depicting Masaryk (pince-nez, goatee) in characteristic peaked cap looking left circular postmarks top left, center, and right with the location (Prague Castle) and date (7 March 1935) two vignettes (beneath each: *1850*T. G.MASARYK*1935* between the left and central postmarks: coat of arms with the nationak motto Pravda Vitězi--Truth Prevalls between the central postmark and the stamp: entrance to Prague Castle
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