Lidice Memorial

Historical Markers

Main marker The village of Lidice was razed to the ground by the Nazi Gestapo. 173 men perished to avenge the murder of the sadistic "protector" of occupied Czechoslovakia. The Gestapo dragged the inhabitants of Lidice from their homes, shot all men over sixteen and condemned all women and children to a living death in concentration camps. Lower marker In Memory of Lezaky Lezaky also fell victim to the Nazi Regime. The small Czech village was destroyed June 24, 1942. All inhabitants were shot and killed as an example to those who refused to succumb to tyranny. We remember Marker is at the intersection of Fifield Street and Ash Street, on the left when traveling north on Fifield Street. Courtesy hmdb.org

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