Lidice, Czechoslovaka. 1942-06-10. The ruins of the razed and burned village the day after its ...

Accession Number P02018.113
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

Lidice, Czechoslovaka. 1942-06-10. The ruins of the razed and burned village the day after its destruction. On suspicion of harbouring the murderers of the Nazi SS leader Reinhardt Heydrich, assassinated on 1942-06-04, the inhabitants of the village were rounded up by the Germans. Every man was shot, all women sent to concentration camps and all children placed in institutions.

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