Ležáky

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Ležáky is a small Czech village historically known for being completely destroyed by Nazi forces in 1942 in retaliation for resistance activities during World War II.

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Label Occurrences
Ležáky canonical 4

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former settlement ⓘ
village ⓘ
access open-air memorial area ⓘ
commemoratedOn Ležáky remembrance day ⓘ
connectedTo Operation Anthropoid ⓘ
assassination of Reinhard Heydrich ⓘ
coordinates 49.836°N 15.886°E ⓘ
country Czech Republic ⓘ
currentUseOfSite memorial site ⓘ
dateOfDestruction 1942-06-24 ⓘ
event destruction by Nazi forces ⓘ
governedBy Czechoslovakia (at time of destruction) ⓘ
linked to: Czechoslovakia
hasCemetery memorial cemetery ⓘ
hasMemorial Ležáky National Cultural Monument ⓘ
hasMuseumExhibition exposition on Nazi reprisals ⓘ
heritageDesignation National cultural monument of the Czech Republic ⓘ
languageOfName Czech ⓘ
locatedIn Bohemia ⓘ
Chrudim District ⓘ
Pardubice Region ⓘ
managedBy Památník Lidice (Lidice Memorial) ⓘ
linked to: Lidice Memorial
memorialStatus national memorial ⓘ
memorialSymbol crosses for executed inhabitants ⓘ
individual stone markers for each house ⓘ
notableFor complete destruction of buildings ⓘ
mass execution of inhabitants ⓘ
numberOfAdultVictims 33 ⓘ
numberOfChildVictims 13 ⓘ
originalEconomicActivity milling ⓘ
stone quarrying ⓘ
partOf Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia ⓘ
perpetrator Gestapo ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
SS ⓘ
populationBeforeDestruction around 50 inhabitants ⓘ
reasonForDestruction connection to Operation Anthropoid ⓘ
retaliation for resistance activities ⓘ
reconstructionStatus not rebuilt as original village ⓘ
similarEvent Lidice massacre ⓘ
subjectOf Czech war memorial culture ⓘ
historical research on Nazi reprisals in Czechoslovakia ⓘ
timePeriod World War II ⓘ
victimGroup Czech civilians ⓘ
warCrimeClassification crime against humanity ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ležáky massacre → location → Ležáky ⓘ
Ležáky massacre → namedAfter → Ležáky ⓘ
Destruction of Ležáky → locatedIn → Ležáky ⓘ
subject linked to: village of Ležáky