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#OTD 9 June 1944 LIDICE was razed to the ground
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After the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the Germans unleashed a severe retaliation. Hitler lashed out by murdering thousands of Jews. He wanted to kill 10,000 Czech political prisoners, but high-ranking Nazi
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After the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the Germans unleashed a severe retaliation. Hitler lashed out by murdering thousands of Jews. He wanted to kill 10,000 Czech political prisoners, but high-ranking Nazi
2/n Heinrich Himmler convinced him that they needed Czechs to keep the Protectorate industrially productive. Still, more than 13,000 were arrested, and 5,000 were murdered in reprisals.
The bodies of the men and boys over age 16 of Lidice, Czechoslovakia, murdered by the Nazis.
The bodies of the men and boys over age 16 of Lidice, Czechoslovakia, murdered by the Nazis.
3/n Due to false information, the Nazis thought the assassins were hiding in Lidice, a village near Prague, and also found a radioresistance transmitter in Ležáky. The Germans took revenge on Lidice by killing all 199 men in the town, arresting the 195 women and sending them
4/n to Ravensbrück concentration camp, and taking the 95 children, eight of whom were given to German families. Most of the children disappeared; in all probability, they were gassed. Lidice was razed on June 9, 1942, and the ruins were bulldozed.
5/5 The revenge on Ležáky was a nightmare as well. All the adults were murdered while the children disappeared, except for two who were handed over to Nazi families.
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