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ASSASSINATIONM ichal BURIAN, Ale KN EKJi RAJLICH, Eduard STEHL KPRAGUE 2002 Operation ANTHROPOID1941 1942 Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic AVIS, 2002 ISBN 80-7278-158-83To the reader:You are opening a book that tells a story of cruelty, heroism and betrayal in an original manner and without clich s. It is a story that has all the attributes of an ancient tragedy. It involves a blood-thirsty dictator, courageous avengers as well as a vile traitor. Yet an insuperable abyss separates it from ancient tragedy. The story of the ASSASSINATION of the Deputy Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich is not the work of a Greek dramatist. It is a story written by life itself. And the thousands of dead Czech patriots are real indeed. The ASSASSINATION of Heydrich was undeniably the most important deed of the Czech resistance movement against the Nazi occupation, on a European-wide scale.
Soon after the units of the German Armed Forces crossed the border, Adolf Hitler made a triumphant visit to the border areas (pictured above). At the same time (October 5, 1938), President Dr. Edvard Beneš handed in his resignation and, on October 22, accompanied by his wife Hana, he flew from Prague to England (see next picture). In Vienna 11 ...
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