In revenge for the assination of Heydrich the Nazis liquidated the village of Lidice (18 kilometres from Prague). On 10th June 1941 the village was wiped from the face of The Earth. All 173 men were shot, all women sent to the Ravensbruck concentration camp and most children were gassed in the extermination camp at Chelmno, Poland
The Children's Memorial - The 82 children murdered at Chelmno.....
Remains of Horak's farmhouse - marking the village boundary
The village church
The village cemetery was desecrated, all graves destroyed as the Nazis removed all traces of the village
View of the former village of Ledice from the cemetery
In revenge for the assination of Heydrich the Nazis liquidated the village of Lidice (18 kilometres from Prague). On 10th June 1941 the village was wiped from the face of The Earth. All 173 men were shot, all women sent to the Ravensbruck concentration camp and most children were gassed in the extermination camp at Chelmno, Poland
The Children's Memorial - The 82 children murdered at Chelmno.....
Remains of Horak's farmhouse - marking the village boundary
The village church
The village cemetery was desecrated, all graves destroyed as the Nazis removed all traces of the village
View of the former village of Ledice from the cemetery
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