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Fourteen Czech intellectuals shot by the SS in Mauthausen. The ÚVOD's relationship with the KSČ was an important aspect of its daily functions, as Soviet-Czech relations became a central part of their resistance efforts. The German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 marked a turning point in Soviet-Czechoslovak relations. Before the ...
On the morning of 15 March, German troops entered the remaining Czech parts of Czechoslovakia (Rest-Tschechei in German), meeting practically no resistance (the only instance of organized resistance took place in Místek where an infantry company commanded by Karel Pavlík fought invading German troops).
Three Kings [1] (Czech: Tři králové) was a Czech resistance group from 1939 to 1942. Its members were Josef Mašín (murdered by SS Einsatzgruppen on the orders of Reinhard Heydrich in 1942), Václav Morávek (killed in action in 1942), and Josef Balabán (executed in 1941). The group was established in 1939 when Nazi Germany annexed
Heydrich came to Prague and enforced such policies, fight resistance to the Nazi regime, and keep up production quotas of Czech motors and arms that were "extremely important to the German war effort". [3] He viewed the area as a bulwark of Germandom and condemned the Czech resistance's "stabs in the back".
The Slovak National Museum opened an exhibition in May 2007 to commemorate the heroes of the Czech and Slovak resistance, one of the most important resistance actions in the whole of German-occupied Europe. The Anthropoid Operation Memorial, 2009, Prague, authors: sculptor David Mojescik and sculptor Michal Smeral; architects: M. Tumova and J ...
See also Czech resistance to Nazi occupation) Announcement of the execution of Czechs, who improved radio receivers to listen to foreign broadcasts, 1944. During World War II, Hitler decided that Neurath was not treating the Czechs harshly enough and adopted a more radical policy in the protectorate.
The Prague uprising (Czech: Pražské povstání) was a partially successful attempt by the Czech resistance movement to liberate the city of Prague from German occupation in May 1945, during the end of World War II.
Karel Čurda (10 October 1911 - 29 April 1947) was a Czech resistance fighter who later became a Nazi collaborator during World War II. He infamously informed on the assassins of Reinhard Heydrich, who were later all cornered and killed.