The burning of the settlement of Ležáky

24. 6. 1942

The raze of the settlement of Ležáky in the Chrudim District to the ground on 24 June 1942 was, as in the case of the village of Lidice, a punishment for the assassination of Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich. All 33 adult inhabitants of the settlement of Ležáky were executed, only two girls survived and were sent to Germany for Germanisation by the Nazis.

Aleš Blahý Oplíštil, circa 1984

Aleš Blahý Oplíštil

* 1965

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

The burning of the settlement of Ležáky, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Ing. Aleš Oplíštil

* 1933 †︎ 2023

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, The burning of the settlement of Ležáky

Vlasta Procházková in 1951

Vlasta Procházková

* 1923

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, The burning of the settlement of Ležáky, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jaroslava Novotná in 1942

Mgr. Jaroslava Slavíková

* 1927

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, The burning of the settlement of Ležáky, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

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