70th anniversary of destroying the village of Lidice

[seesul]

Shall we never forget!
Lidice-memorial

 

[michaelmaltby]

Agreed.

MM
Proud Canadian

 

[parsifal]

The Lidice children were transported by bus to Lovosice located in the area of the former textile factory in Gneisenaustreet of Lodz on June 13, 1942.

Their arrival was announced by a telegram from Horst Boehme's Prague office which ended as follows: "these children are only bringing what they wear. No special care is desirable"

The children were not sufficiently fed and were forced to sleep on cold dirt floors without blankets, they covered themselves with their coats if they had any brought one with them. Under specific orders of the camp management, no medical care was given to the children.

Shortly after their arrival in Lodz, officials from the Central Race and Settlement branch chose seven children at random to be "Germanized". Adolf Eichmann then gave the order for the murder of the remaining children on July 1, 1942.

On July 2, 1942 all of the remaining Lidice children were handed over to the Lodz Gestapo office, who in turn had them transported to the extermination camp at Chelmo some 70 kilometers away where they were gassed to death in Magirus gas trucks.

It is generally believed that they were killed on the day of their arrival. Out of the 105 Lidice children, 82 died in Chelmno, six died in the German Lebensborn orphanages and 17 returned back home.

After the villagers had been either shot or deported, military police ransacked the homes once again and took anything of value. All farming tools were taken and cattle were herded up. Anything of the remotest value was taken.


Description of the Massacre of Lidice as told in the Nuremberg Trials Friday, 22 February


Some of Lidice's children were sent to families in Germany and elsewhere to be 'Germanized'. Of 104, only sixteen were ever traced. In the days that followed, Lidice was erased from the face of the earth. Even its cemetery was desecrated, its 400 graves dug up. Jewish prisoners from the camp at Terezin were brought in to shift the rubble. New roads were built and sheep set down to graze. No trace of the village remained.

A small Czech village called Ležáky was also destroyed two weeks after Lidice. Here both men and women were shot, and children were sent to concentration camps or sent to the Reich to be "Germanized".

The death toll resulting from the effort to avenge the death of Heydrich is estimated at 1,300. This count includes relatives of the partisans, their supporters, Czech elites suspected of disloyalty and random victims like those from Lidice. All that was left of Lidice was a great brown blotch of broken rubble, obscene and sterile amid the growing crops.

A small Czech village called Ležáky was also destroyed two weeks after Lidice. Here both men and women were shot, and children were sent to concentration camps or sent to the Reich to be "Germanized".

The death toll resulting from the effort to avenge the death of Heydrich is estimated at 1,300. This count includes relatives of the partisans, their supporters, Czech elites suspected of disloyalty and random victims like those from Lidice. All that was left of Lidice was a great brown blotch of broken rubble, obscene and sterile amid the growing crops.

Children from Lidice never seen again:
Josef Brehjca
Josef Bulina
Anna Bulinova
Jaroslava Bulinova
Jiri Cermak
Miloslava Cermakova
Bozena Crmakovya
Jiri Fruhaug
Karel Hejma
Frantiasek Hejma
Jaroslava Hermanova
Marie Hockova
Vara Honzikova
Marie Hockova
Bozena Honzikova
Zdenek Hronik
Bozena Hronikova
Marta Hronikova
Zdenka Hronikova
Vaclav Jadlicka
Karel Kacl
Vara Kafkova
Anna Kaimlova
Jaroslav Kobera
Vaclav Kobera
Milada Koberova
Zdenka Koberova
Hana Kovarovska
Ludmila Kovarovska
Antonin Kozel
Venceslava Krasova
Rudolf Kubela
Frantisek Kulhavy
Jaroslav Kulhavy
Miloslav Liscka
Milada Mikova
Jitka Moravcova
Vaclav Moravec
Karel Mulak
Marie Mulakova
Zdenek Muller
Antonin Nerad
Alena Nova
Milada Novotna
Antonin Pek
Emilie Pelichovska
Vaclav Pelichovska
Josef Pesek
Anna Peskova
Jirina Peskova
Miloslav Petrak
Zdenek Petrak
Jirina Petrakova
Zdenek Petrik
Marie Pitinova
Stepan Podzemaky
Vera Pruchova
Josef Prihodova
Anna Prihodova
Jaroslava Prihodovha
Venceslava Puchmeltrova
Miloslav Radosta
Vaclav Rames
Jaroslava Ramesova
Bozena Rohlova
Jirina Ruzenecka
Jiri Seje
Jirina Souckova
Marie Souckova
Miloslav Souckova
Jarmila Strakova
Ludmila Strakova
Josef Suchy
Wiroslava Syslova
Josef Sroubek
Marie Sroubkova
Jaroslava Storkova
Antonin Urban
Vera Urbanova
Josef Vandrdle
Dagmar Vesela
Karel Vlcek
Jaromir Zelenka
Ivan Zid

tell me agin the nazi regime was just like the democracies that resisted it......

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

A tragedy.

Shall they never be forgotten.

 

[stona]

Today,10th June, is the anniversary of the massacre carried out by elements of 22nd Panzer Division,"Das Reich" at Oradour sur Glane near Limoges.
642 men,women and children murdered.
Apologists for the Waffen SS conveniently forget this one.We should not forget the victims or what we were fighting for.
Steve

 

[syscom3]

Thank you Stona.

 

[vikingBerserker]

That's just tragic. RIP

 

[seesul]

The Lidice children were transported by bus to Lovosice located in the area of the former textile factory in Gneisenaustreet of Lodz on June 13, 1942.

Their arrival was announced by a telegram from Horst Boehme's Prague office which ended as follows: "these children are only bringing what they wear. No special care is desirable"

The children were not sufficiently fed and were forced to sleep on cold dirt floors without blankets, they covered themselves with their coats if they had any brought one with them. Under specific orders of the camp management, no medical care was given to the children.

Shortly after their arrival in Lodz, officials from the Central Race and Settlement branch chose seven children at random to be "Germanized". Adolf Eichmann then gave the order for the murder of the remaining children on July 1, 1942.

On July 2, 1942 all of the remaining Lidice children were handed over to the Lodz Gestapo office, who in turn had them transported to the extermination camp at Chelmo some 70 kilometers away where they were gassed to death in Magirus gas trucks.

It is generally believed that they were killed on the day of their arrival. Out of the 105 Lidice children, 82 died in Chelmno, six died in the German Lebensborn orphanages and 17 returned back home.

After the villagers had been either shot or deported, military police ransacked the homes once again and took anything of value. All farming tools were taken and cattle were herded up. Anything of the remotest value was taken.


Description of the Massacre of Lidice as told in the Nuremberg Trials Friday, 22 February


Some of Lidice's children were sent to families in Germany and elsewhere to be 'Germanized'. Of 104, only sixteen were ever traced. In the days that followed, Lidice was erased from the face of the earth. Even its cemetery was desecrated, its 400 graves dug up. Jewish prisoners from the camp at Terezin were brought in to shift the rubble. New roads were built and sheep set down to graze. No trace of the village remained.

A small Czech village called Ležáky was also destroyed two weeks after Lidice. Here both men and women were shot, and children were sent to concentration camps or sent to the Reich to be "Germanized".

The death toll resulting from the effort to avenge the death of Heydrich is estimated at 1,300. This count includes relatives of the partisans, their supporters, Czech elites suspected of disloyalty and random victims like those from Lidice. All that was left of Lidice was a great brown blotch of broken rubble, obscene and sterile amid the growing crops.

A small Czech village called Ležáky was also destroyed two weeks after Lidice. Here both men and women were shot, and children were sent to concentration camps or sent to the Reich to be "Germanized".

The death toll resulting from the effort to avenge the death of Heydrich is estimated at 1,300. This count includes relatives of the partisans, their supporters, Czech elites suspected of disloyalty and random victims like those from Lidice. All that was left of Lidice was a great brown blotch of broken rubble, obscene and sterile amid the growing crops.

Children from Lidice never seen again:
Josef Brehjca
Josef Bulina
Anna Bulinova
Jaroslava Bulinova
Jiri Cermak
Miloslava Cermakova
Bozena Crmakovya
Jiri Fruhaug
Karel Hejma
Frantiasek Hejma
Jaroslava Hermanova
Marie Hockova
Vara Honzikova
Marie Hockova
Bozena Honzikova
Zdenek Hronik
Bozena Hronikova
Marta Hronikova
Zdenka Hronikova
Vaclav Jadlicka
Karel Kacl
Vara Kafkova
Anna Kaimlova
Jaroslav Kobera
Vaclav Kobera
Milada Koberova
Zdenka Koberova
Hana Kovarovska
Ludmila Kovarovska
Antonin Kozel
Venceslava Krasova
Rudolf Kubela
Frantisek Kulhavy
Jaroslav Kulhavy
Miloslav Liscka
Milada Mikova
Jitka Moravcova
Vaclav Moravec
Karel Mulak
Marie Mulakova
Zdenek Muller
Antonin Nerad
Alena Nova
Milada Novotna
Antonin Pek
Emilie Pelichovska
Vaclav Pelichovska
Josef Pesek
Anna Peskova
Jirina Peskova
Miloslav Petrak
Zdenek Petrak
Jirina Petrakova
Zdenek Petrik
Marie Pitinova
Stepan Podzemaky
Vera Pruchova
Josef Prihodova
Anna Prihodova
Jaroslava Prihodovha
Venceslava Puchmeltrova
Miloslav Radosta
Vaclav Rames
Jaroslava Ramesova
Bozena Rohlova
Jirina Ruzenecka
Jiri Seje
Jirina Souckova
Marie Souckova
Miloslav Souckova
Jarmila Strakova
Ludmila Strakova
Josef Suchy
Wiroslava Syslova
Josef Sroubek
Marie Sroubkova
Jaroslava Storkova
Antonin Urban
Vera Urbanova
Josef Vandrdle
Dagmar Vesela
Karel Vlcek
Jaromir Zelenka
Ivan Zid

tell me agin the nazi regime was just like the democracies that resisted it......

Thank you Parsifal.

 

[Gnomey]

A tragedy indeed. May they never be forgotten.

 

[nuuumannn]

Thanks for posting seesul and Parsifal.

We'll never forget.

 

[Airframes]

We should never forget Lidice, Oradour-sur-Glane or any of the other places raized to the ground. Having read Max Hastings' 'Das Reich', and the full account of Oradour, and other atrocities on the march north to the Normandy front, I refuse to model, paint, or otherwise portray anything to do with 2nd SS Panzer Division.

 

[evangilder]

Tragic. May future generations not forget things like these so that they are not repeated.

 

[johnbr]

All great posts.

 

[seesul]

I refuse to model, paint, or otherwise portray anything to do with 2nd SS Panzer Division.

Yes Terry, there are a lot of books about heroism of different SS units and their members but such 'cases' you´ll never find in there...