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May 27, 2022 · The Operation Anthropoid Memorial, located where Heydrich was assassinated in Libeň, opened in 2009. Last year, MPs debated making May 27 a special day of celebration.
The Operation Anthropoid Memorial (Czech: Památník Operace Anthropoid) is a monument in Libeň, Prague that commemorates Operation Anthropoid, an ambush on senior Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich by Czechoslovakian partisans on 27 May 1942 which resulted in his death one week later.
The soldiers of Operation Anthropoid, their helpers and the operation itself were memorialized in the Czech Republic and abroad. The oldest memorial is a plaque on the Cathedral of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Resslova Street, Prague.
May 7, 2023 · Svoboda had to pull out of the operation – codenamed Anthropoid – due to injury, and he was replaced by Jan Kubiš. They were parachuted into Czechoslovakia on 28 th December 1941, and made their way to resistance contacts in Plzen.
Feb 23, 2017 · Now – 75 years after their daring mission – the pair are set to get a monument there. The man behind the campaign to honour them in this way is Englishman John Martin, the author of a book on...
Sep 1, 2017 · It is more than 75 years since 18 June 1942, when seven Czech and Slovak airmen involved in Operation Anthropoid – the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, acting Reich Protector of Bohemia and...
May 27, 2017 · The heroes of Operation Anthropoid later hid in the Church of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in central Prague, where they met their deaths following a massive SS siege on June 18. Join us...
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