Czech authorities have exhumed the body of Jan Masaryk, a minister who died in 1948 after falling from a window at the Foreign Ministry, to reopen an investigation into his death. Masaryk’s fall occurred during heightened Cold War tensions following a communist coup that ended democracy in Czechoslovakia, and he was the last non-communist in the cabinet. His death was initially ruled a suicide by communist authorities, but suspicions of murder by Soviet agents have persisted for decades, particularly in Western Europe. The reopening of the case is prompted by newly discovered documents from French, US, and British diplomatic archives obtained last year. These documents suggest the possibility of foul play and aim to finally clarify the circumstances surrounding Masaryk’s death, a pivotal moment in the early Cold War. As the son of Czechoslovakia's first president, his death remains a sensitive and historically significant event.