Bronze statues of 82 children massacred during WWii at Lidice near Prague Czech Republic Europe

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In June 1942 the men of Lidice were shot by the Nazi's and the children sent to a concentration camp. The murders were ordered by Hitler in revenge for the assassination of Nazi deputy Richard Heydrich. The assassins, 2 Czech agents trained in the were falsely thought to have been harboured in Lidice, a village north-west of Prague. The children were sent to Chelmno concentration camp, near Lodz in Poland and gassed in trucks. Beginning in 1969 and lasting for 2 decades the powerful and moving bronze statues were sculpted by Professor Marie Uchytilova as a memorial to all child victims of war. There are 42 girls and 40 boys.

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Size: 4400px × 2400px
Location: Lidice, Czech Republic, Europe
Photo credit: © HelloWorld Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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