Sandstone sculpture carving marking the 2nd World War massacre at Lidice near Prague Czech Republic Europe

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The women and children of Lidice were sent to concentration camps in Poland. A few women and 17 children survived to return to Czechoslovakia after the war. Lidice, a village north-west of Prague, was razed to the ground in June 1942, on the orders of Hitler, in revenge for the assassination of Nazi deputy Reinhard Heydrich. The village was falsely thought to have harboured the assassins, 2 Czech agents trained in the The men were shot at dawn at a farm in the village. This 1982 sandstone sculpture is one of a series that stands where the village once stood.

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Size: 4000px × 2700px
Location: Lidice, Czech Republic, Europe
Photo credit: © HelloWorld Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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