Operation Anthropoid Memorial - Prague, Czech Republic
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Operation Anthropoid Memorial
Waymark Code: WMTZ3B
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 01/26/2017
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Operation Anthropoid Memorial was erected on May 27th 2008 in Prague’s Kobilysy district to honour the memory of WW2 soldiers from Czechoslovakia’s army-in-exile who laid down their lives and managed to assassinate top German leader Reinhard Heydrich.
Operation Anthropoid was the code name for the assassination of top German SS leader Reinhard Heydrich. He was the chief of the Reich Main Security Office, the acting Protector of Bohemia and Moravia, and a chief planner of the Final Solution, the Nazi German programme for the genocide of the Jews of Europe.
The assassination took place in Prague 8, at a hairpin turn created by the junction of Kirchmayerova trída (Avenue) and V Holešovickách (Avenue). This site was chosen because the hairpin turn required Heydrich’s driver to slow down when negotiating this turn, thereby creating a favorable opportunity for an ambush. This was the site chosen for the memorial: the actual site of the assassination.
Visit Instructions:
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