Commemorative plaque devoted to Czechoslovak paratroopers and Orthodox clergymen over the window to the crypt of the Cathedral of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Resslova Street in Nové Město (New Town) in Prague, Czech Republic. The plaque designed by Czech sculptor František Bělský was unveiled in 1947 in honour of Czechoslovak paratroopers fallen during the Operation Anthropoid as well of executed clergymen of the Czechoslovak Orthodox Church who offered refuge for the paratroopers in the crypt of the cathedral in 1942.

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