village of Ležáky

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The village of Ležáky was a small Czech settlement annihilated by the Nazis in 1942 in brutal reprisal for local involvement in the Czechoslovak resistance, with its inhabitants murdered or deported and the site later preserved as a memorial.

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village of Ležáky canonical 2

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi war crime ⓘ
former settlement ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
village ⓘ
war memorial ⓘ
buildings all original houses destroyed ⓘ
cause reprisal for Czechoslovak resistance activities ⓘ
reprisal for Operation Anthropoid ⓘ
commemorates victims of the destruction of Ležáky ⓘ
comparedWith Lidice ⓘ
linked to: Lidice massacre
country Czechoslovakia ⓘ
currentUse memorial site ⓘ
date 1942-06-24 ⓘ
fateOfInhabitants deportation of children ⓘ
mass execution of adults ⓘ
murder of most children in extermination camps ⓘ
hasCommemorationDate around 24 June each year ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent Destruction of Ležáky ⓘ
linked to: Ležáky massacre
hasPart Ležáky Memorial ⓘ
heritageStatus national cultural monument of the Czech Republic ⓘ
historicalPeriod World War II ⓘ
involvedIn Czechoslovak resistance ⓘ
Operation Anthropoid support network ⓘ
language Czech ⓘ
locatedIn Bohemia ⓘ
Chrudim District ⓘ
Czech Republic ⓘ
Ležáky ⓘ
Pardubice Region ⓘ
memorialForm museum exhibition ⓘ
sculptural monuments ⓘ
symbolic grave mounds on former house sites ⓘ
numberOfChildrenDeported 13 ⓘ
numberOfChildrenSurvivors 2 ⓘ
numberOfExecutedAdults approximately 33 ⓘ
partOf Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
perpetrator Gestapo ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
SS ⓘ
roleInResistance hideout for radio transmitter Libuše ⓘ
support base for paratroopers from London ⓘ
subjectOf commemorative ceremonies ⓘ
historical research on Nazi reprisals in Czechoslovakia ⓘ
timeOfDestruction 1942 ⓘ

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