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'''Lidice''' is a village of the [[Czech Republic]] which was razed by [[Nazi]] troops on 10 June 1942 as a reprisal for the killing of [[Reinhard Heydrich]], the Reich Protector of [[Bohemia]] & [[Moravia]] (Nazi governor of western [[Czechoslovakia]]). The 192 adult male villagers were murdered by the [[German]]s and the rest of the population was sent to concentration camps. Of the 105 children deported from Lidice, only 17 ever returned home. The majority were probably murdered in [[concentration camp]] gas chambers.
'''Lidice''' is a village of the [[Czech Republic]] which was razed by [[Nazi]] troops on 10 June 1942 as a reprisal for the killing of [[Reinhard Heydrich]], the Reich Protector of [[Bohemia]] & [[Moravia]] (Nazi governor of western [[Czechoslovakia]]). The 192 adult male villagers were murdered by the [[German]]s and the rest of the population was sent to concentration camps. Of the 105 children deported from Lidice, only 17 ever returned home. The majority were probably murdered in [[concentration camp]] gas chambers.
Heydrich had been ambushed by [[British]]-trained Czech commandos on 27 May 1942 in [[Prague]] while on the way to his office. One of the commandos threw a bomb at his car, which exploded. Heydrich died of his injuries on 4 June. The commandos got away, but were found 2 weeks later by the Germans and killed in the ensuing gun battle.
Heydrich had been ambushed by British-trained Czech commandos on 27 May 1942 in [[Prague]] while on the way to his office. One of the commandos threw a bomb at his car, which exploded. Heydrich died of his injuries on 4 June. The commandos got away, but were found 2 weeks later by the Germans and killed in the ensuing gun battle.
==Links==
==Links==
*[http://www.radio.cz/en/article/28416 Exhibitions mark 60th anniversary of assassination of Nazi governor Heydrich]
*[http://www.radio.cz/en/article/28416 Exhibitions mark 60th anniversary of assassination of Nazi governor Heydrich]
[[Category:German History]]
[[Category:Nazis]]
[[Category:World War II]]
[[Category:World War II]]