Commemorative plaques with the names of the people executed during the Nazi occupation in the area of the Kobylisy Shooting Range (Kobyliská střelnice) in Prague, Czech Republic. The area of the former military shooting range was used for mass executions during the Nazi occupation. Czechoslovak Orthodox Bishop Gorazd (Matěj Pavík) and Orthodox priests Alois Václav Čikl and Jan Sonnenveld listed on the plaque were executed here on 4 September 1942 at 2 Orthodox priest Vladimír Petřek was executed here on 5 September 1942 at noon.


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