PRAGUE: WW2 NATIONAL MEMORIAL ????️ to the HEROES of the HEYDRICH TERROR (St Cyril & Methodius)
SUBSCRIBE: - St Cyril and Methodius memorial, Prague, Czech Republic. The Church of Sts Cyril & Methodius houses a moving memorial to the seven Czech paratroopers who were involved in the assassination of Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich in 1942, with an exhibit and video about Nazi persecution of the Czechs.
Prague, capital city of the Czech Republic, is bisected by the Vltava River. Nicknamed “the City of a Hundred Spires,” it's known for its Old Town Square, the heart of its historic core, with colorful baroque buildings, Gothic churches and the medieval Astronomical Clock, which gives an animated hourly show. Completed in 1402, pedestrian Charles Bridge is lined with statues of Catholic saints.
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National Memorial to the Heroes of the Heydrich Terror in Prague
Today is the anniversary of the feat of the 7 Czechoslovak paratroopers ???? who participated in the military operation against Heydrich Anthropoid. National Monument is an authentic battle location from World War II, a secret hideout, which the Czech Orthodox Church provided to Czechoslovak paratroopers from May 27 to June 18, 1942 after the attack on Reinhard Heydrich.
The battle took place on June 18th. There were about 800 of German soldiers against only 7 Czechoslovak paratroopers. The battle lasted for seven hours, and all paratroopers died - six of them committed suicide, one died because of injuries. The priests, who were hiding parachutists, were brutally murdered too.
On the wall of the church there are traces of shots made during the struggle.
Names of heroes: Jozef Gabčík, Jan Kubiš, Josef Valčík, Adolf Opálka, Josef Bublík, Jan Hrubý. Jaroslav Švarc.
«We are Czechs! Never give up! Never!»
⏰ Open Tue-Sun 9:00-17:00.
Admission is free.
????Where: National Memorial to the Heroes of the Heydrich Terror. Resslova 9a, 120 00 Nové Město.
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National Memorial Service to the Heydrich Assassins and Victims of the Heydrich Terror, Prague
On 27 May 1942, two members of Czechoslovak paratroop groups sent by the government-in-exile in London assassinated the Nazi governor of Bohemia and Moravia, Reinhard Heydrich, who died on 4 June. Despite an extensive manhunt and vicious reprisals (most infamously, the destruction of the village of Lidice), the Germans had no solid leads. Then another member of the paratroop teams betrayed his comrades. The trail led to the Orthodox cathedral of Saints Cyril and Methodius in downtown Prague early on the morning of 18 June. After a lengthy battle, seven paratroopers, including the two assassins, fell in combat or committed suicide. Terrible reprisals, including the clergy of the church and their families as targets, continued for months. Since the fall of communism, the church has publicly commemorated the tragic events. A memorial ceremony and mass are held at the cathedral every year on the anniversary of the battle. Here, Czech soldiers line up in preparation for the ceremony, 18 June 2011.
National Memorial Service to the Heydrich Assassins and Victims of the Heydrich Terror, Prague, 2011
On 27 May 1942, two members of Czechoslovak paratroop groups sent by the government-in-exile in London assassinated the Nazi governor of Bohemia and Moravia, Reinhard Heydrich, who died on 4 June. Despite an extensive manhunt and vicious reprisals (most infamously, the destruction of the village of Lidice), the Germans had no solid leads. Then another member of the paratroop teams betrayed his comrades. The trail led to the Orthodox cathedral of Saints Cyril and Methodius in downtown Prague early on the morning of 18 June. After a lengthy battle, seven paratroopers, including the two assassins, fell in combat or committed suicide. Terrible reprisals, including the clergy of the church and their families as targets, continued for months. Since the fall of communism, the church has publicly commemorated the tragic events. A memorial ceremony and mass are held at the cathedral every year on the anniversary of the battle. Here, Czech soldiers practice wreath-laying gestures shortly before the ceremony starts, 18 June 2011.
The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in Prague, 1942
Newly appointed Acting Reichprotektor Reinhard Heydrich was Hitler's second right-hand man immediately became the Butcher of Prague as a result of genocide, extracting Czechs for labour camps and a principal architect for The Final Solution. The white flagstones in my video represent where the car was stopped. The hole in the wall is where the trapped paratroopers desperately tried to bore in to what they mistakenly thought was a sewer. Excellent documentaries are available on Youtube. At least three DVDs are available: Operation Daybreak (1975), Anthropoid (2016) and The Butcher of Prague 2017. I prefer the 1975 version that starred Anton Diffring as Heydrich. Anton often played German officers. I mistakenly confected another name. The exteriors were shot in Prague; often in the exact places in relation to the events. The film companies reconstructed the church and the crypt in the national film studios.
In Prague, A Dark Memorial To Wartime Heroism
Seventy years ago, Czech resistance fighters assassinated the Nazi leader of occupied
Czechoslovakia, Reinhard Heydrich, known as the Butcher of Prague. A Czech organization is commemorating the event with a re-creation of a concentration camp, a reminder not only of the resistance effort, but also of the brutal crackdown on civilians that followed. Video by Nikolay Pavlov, RFE/RL
Heydrich's assassination crypt Sts Cyril and Methodius Resslova street Prague
Atentát na Heydricha / Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich
The fights in the church of Saints Cyril and Methodius
The fights in the church. Cyril and Methodius took place June 18, 1942 between members of the SS and the Gestapo and seven Czechoslovak parachutists, among them Jan Kubiš and Jozef Gabčík who carried out the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. The entire fight lasted seven hours.
Memorial plaque on the Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius, where the Czech paratroopers died in battle with the SS.
The memorial there for those killed by the SS in retaliation for Operation Anthropoid.
Bullet-scarred window of the Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Prague where the attackers were cornered.
Operation Anthropoid was the code name for the landing parachute deployment during World War II of England in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. It was organized by the intelligence department of the Ministry of National Defense exile and was ranked in the first wave landings. It was a diversionary operation, which was carried out during the assassination of the Reich Protector and RSHA chief Reinhard Heydrich.
Heydrich's assassination was a diversionary operations of Czechoslovak paratroopers in World War II, during which it was carried out the assassination of the Reich Protector and RSHA chief Reinhard Heydrich. The assassination was carried out May 27, 1942 in Prague-Liben pair of Czechoslovak parachutists Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubis, who were for this task specially trained in the UK. Later, he was also invited to the event Joseph Waltz, due to confusion bend where the Gabčík Kubiš assassinated. For proper implementation needed another person who could have given them a sign that Reinhard Heydrich approaching, but its participation is unclear and disputed allegations by some period. It was a rare and very unique diversionary attack on the German representative, or the Nazi armed forces during the second world war. Discontinuation paratroopers carried out a 138 Airborne Squadron 138 Special Duties Squadron.
Munich Agreement - The Munich betrayal 1938 - because Czechoslovakia were betrayed by Britain and France.
England and France responded citing the Munich Agreement and Czechoslovakia was finally recognized as an ally against Hitler. When previously sacrificed Czechoslovakia.
Atentát na Reinharda Heydricha
krypta kostela sv. Cyrila a Metoděje v Praze, Resslova ulice
Chrám svatých Cyrila a Metoděje Prague
List of paratroopers
Jozef Gabčík (Anthropoid) – narozen 8. dubna 1912
Jan Kubiš (Anthropoid) – narozen 24. června 1913
Josef Valčík (Silver A) – narozen 2. listopadu 1914
Adolf Opálka (Out Distance) – narozen 4. ledna 1915
Josef Bublík (Bioscop) – narozen 12. února 1920
Jan Hrubý (Bioscop) – narozen 4. března 1915
Jaroslav Švarc (Tin) – narozen 11. května 1914
Assassination of Nazi Heydrich - Prague Crypt Museum of Resistance - Things to Do
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Assasination of Reinhard Heydrich
In World War II., the Czech territory became “Protectorate #Bohemia and Moravia”, occupied by the Nazis. The highest authority in the country was the Protector Reinhard #Heydrich. The exile representatives of former #Czechoslovakia in London planned his assassination to show #Czech resistance against the Nazis.
“Operation #Anthropoid” was the code name for the assassination. Three groups of parachutists were sent to the Protectorate to contact local resistance and undertake the operation.
On 27 th of May 1942, the Technical Sergeants Josef Gabcik and Jan Kubis assaulted Heydrich on his regular way to the #Prague #Castle. The grenade, that they threw to his car, injured him badly and he died a week later. Afterwards, the Nazis killed thousands of innocent Czech people trying to find the assassins. The seven #parachutists were hidden in the crypt of the Church of Sts. Cyril and Methodius.
Hiding place in the crypt of the church
The Nazis finally discovered the hiding place, due to one of the parachutists, who betrayed them some information. The #assassins were fortified in the basement, but #Nazis filled the place with water through the windows and shot on them. There are still holes made by bullets visible on the wall. The parachutists shot back, but when they saw there is no chance to avoid being captured, they used their last bullets to end their own life.
The representatives of the Church of Sts. #CyrilandMethodius, who helped the parachutists to hide there, were executed later, as well as many others.
There is an exhibition and a reverent place of the #dead in the #crypt of the #church. It is possible to book a visit with commentary and a video projection for groups. #HostelTraveler #InstantWorldBooking #nightlife #Prague #thingstodo #resistence
Crypt of the Orthodox Church of St. Cyril & Methodius | Prague | OTIS MCDONALD MUSIC
2 Minutes of MUSIC by OTIS MCDONALD
Title of Song: NOT FOR NOTHING
In May 1942, two Czechoslovak paratroopers sent by the government in exile in London carried out the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the Bohemian puppet state's Nazi overseer.
The paratroopers, along with several partisans who assisted in the plot, fled to the crypt of the Orthodox Church of St. Cyril and Methodius.
Another partisan however betrayed them to the Germans, who tried first of all to shoot their way into the crypt, then to flush the men out with water.
Sadly, on realising there was no escape, the resistance fighters committed suicide.
The dramatic story is retold in the crypt of the church where the events took place, entitled the National Memorial to the Heroes of the Heydrich Terror.
Photos from the period and explanations recount an event which is heroic, sad, and at the same time, frustrating.
The Heydrich assassination led to hundreds of innocent people, including almost the entire village of Lidice, paying with their lives.
The museum also tells the wider story of Czech people who resisted Nazi occupation.
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Germans Enter Prague (1938)
Title missing, paperwork reads - PRAGUE - HITLER AND GERMAN TROOPS ENTER CITY Nazi troops march into city, Hitler on balcony.
Prague, Czechoslovakia.
M/S of German flags flying. L/S of trams running through Prague and people milling about. M/S's of German soldiers saluting as others ride in on motorcycles and aeroplanes fly overhead. M/S as Adolf Hitler rides past in a car, he does the Nazi salute. L/S of him on a balcony, M/S of Nazi flags hung in a row. M/S of a train pulling into a station, German officers wait on the platform. M/S of cars driving through at night people wave and salute as they pass.
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Memorial to the Victims of Communism Prague
Memorial to the Victims of Communism
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National Memorial Prague
One heck of a hike but worth it for the views!
St Cyril & Methodius Church. Operation Anthropoid Parachutists. Prague 2013. (Photos)
The St Cyril & Methodius Church where the Operation Anthropoid Czech Parachutists took their own lives after being sought after by the Nazis. A truly brave, saddening tale.
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Top 10 Things To Do In Prague, Czech Republic:
1. Old Town Square
2. St. Vitus Cathedral
3. Charles Bridge
4. Prague Castle
5. Old Town Hall with Astronomical Clock
6. NaFilM: National film museum
7. National Memorial to the Heroes of the Heydrich Terror
8. St Cyril and St Methodius Cathedral
9. Prague Zoo
10. Mala strana
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HEROES IN PRAGUE
An small group of paratroopers gave their life for the freedom of all Czech citizens.
Atentát na Heydricha - Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich Praha. 24.5.2014. Verze 3
Tato rekonstrukce ukazuje, jak by akce vypadala kdyby vse probehlo dle planu parasutistu. Tedy Gabcik strili na Heydricha davkou ze stengunu a zabiji protektora. Nasledne z pistole Colt Pocket r. 7,62 strili ranou jistoty protektora do hlavy. V pozadi jde videt prchajici Kubis ktery nepouzil bombu. Gabcik odhazuje stengun k vozu aby bylo zrejme pri vysetrovani, ze je akce anglicanu, nikoli cechu.
Heydrich Assassination Operation Anthropoid
Taken in May 2007 In Prague. The Church of Sts. Cyril and Methodius in Resslova Street was the hiding-place and last stand of the Czech resistance patriots who assassinated Reinhard Heydrich in 1942. Cornered and with no hope of escape, they held off German attackers for many hours before being overwhelmed and committing suicide in the crypt. See my website robdavis.webhop.org/prague for the full details of the story.
Heydrich Assassination Operation Anthropoid
Taken in May 2007 In Prague. The Church of Sts. Cyril and Methodius in Resslova Street was the hiding-place and last stand of the Czech resistance patriots who assassinated Reinhard Heydrich in 1942. Cornered and with no hope of escape, they held off German attackers for many hours before being overwhelmed and committing suicide in the crypt. See my website robdavis.webhop.org/prague for the full details of the story.
Prague, Czech Republic/Codename Richard
Sometimes, urban explorers are vital to the preservation of history. These guys I met up with are determined that the story of a Nazi tank-parts factory located in a cave be told. The cave is nearly collapsed and with it, evidence of SS-supervised forced labor in horrible conditions. We snuck in with them.
Inside St Cyril & Methodius crypt