Memorial of the Three Resistances, Memorial site in Lošany, Czech Republic.
The Memorial of the Three Resistances occupies the Mašín farmstead in Lošany, built around the birthplace of General Josef Mašín. The roofless birth house retains its original masonry and vaulted ground-floor rooms, now covered with sprayed concrete and centred on a grassed square with a mulberry tree. A former farm building holds the exhibition on the three resistances.
The memorial honors three phases of Czech resistance: against Austro-Hungarian rule during World War I, against Nazi occupation, and against Soviet control. Its opening in 2022 links the site to Josef Mašín, whose family played an active role across these different periods of struggle.
The site tells the story of the Mašín family and how ordinary people resisted different occupations over generations. Visitors can see personal items and documents that reveal how resistance shaped the daily lives of those who lived here.
The memorial stands at Lošany house No. 1, address 280 02 Kolín. The grounds combine the roofless birth house, a memorial garden and the former farm building holding the exhibition, so allow time for both indoor and outdoor parts. The large farmyard serves as open-air space for events and summer schools.
The farm stayed in the Mašín family until the Communist regime devastated it; legal disputes over ownership lasted from the Velvet Revolution until 2018, when the property passed to Zdeňka Mašínová. She transferred it to the Mašínův statek association in spring 2022.
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