🇸🇰 Vzdelávacie zájazdy – stredné školy (2026/2027) 🇸🇰
O programe Vzdelávací program Operácia Anthropoid je určený pre slovenské stredoškolské skupiny od 15 rokov a zameriava sa na moderné dejiny Československa, predovšetkým na obdobie domáceho a zahraničného odboja počas druhej svetovej vojny. Program je koncipovaný ako dôstojné, odborné a veku primerané stretnutie s históriou priamo na miestach, kde sa kľúčové udalosti odohrali – v […]
Operation Silver A
Silver A in Pardubice (1941–1942): The Radio Line That Kept the Resistance Alive Pardubice is often mentioned as a region connected to the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich.That is true — but it is not precise enough. For several crucial months in early 1942, East Bohemia was not merely a background landscape of the resistance. It […]
Ležáky Massacre
Ležáky (1942): The Tiny Settlement That Refused to Break Ležáky is often described as a village.That word is too big. Ležáky was a tiny settlement — a handful of houses, a mill, and several families living on the margins of the wider world in what is today the Pardubice region. So small, in fact, that […]
Jindřiška Nováková – The Girl with the Bicycle
Jindřiška Nováková 14 years old victim… Jindřiška Nováková was a child of the resistance.She was fourteen years old.She was a good daughter who listened to her mother. That was enough for the Nazi regime to murder her. Her story belongs to the core human cost of Operation Anthropoid—not as a marginal episode, but as a […]
DIY: Prague Castle After Dark
A Self-Guided Evening Walk Through Prague’s Dark Legends Visitors who come to Prague to explore the dramatic history of Operation Anthropoid often discover that the city hides far older and darker stories. From medieval prison towers and cursed crowns to alchemists chasing forbidden knowledge, Prague is a place where history and legend live side by […]
Sokol Was More Than Exercise
The Movement That Built Resistance — and What Replaced It When the Sokol movement was founded in 1862 by Miroslav Tyrš and Jindřich Fügner, it was not conceived as a sports club. It was a civilizational project. Sokol aimed to shape: Its philosophy was clear:a nation that cannot control its body will not defend its […]
A Belated Christmas Gift That Fell From the Sky
29 December 1941: When Anthropoid, Silver A and Silver B Entered the Protectorate The story of Operation Anthropoid does not begin in Prague.It begins in the air — inside a single aircraft flying toward almost certain death. On the night of 28–29 December 1941, a Handley Page Halifax Mk.II bomber crossed the border of the […]
Josef or Jozef Gabčík?
A Name, a Nation, and a Refusal to Be Divided Every year, like clockwork, it begins again. Around 27 May, the anniversary of the assassination attempt on Reinhard Heydrich, comment sections slowly wake up.By 10 June, when Lidice enters the discussion and hell truly breaks loose, emotions escalate.And by 18 June, the anniversary of the […]
Lidice – House No. 116, and “Lidice Shall Live”
Lidice Village, House No. 116, and “Lidice Shall Live”: A Must-Visit Place of Memory Lidice is not just a memorial.It is a consequence. The destruction of Lidice on 10 June 1942 was not random terror—it was a calculated act of collective punishment following Operation Anthropoid, the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. What followed was meant to […]
Museum of Jozef Gabčík in Poluvsie Slovakia
Discover where the story of Jozef Gabčík truly began. Explore his early life, values, and legacy in Poluvsie—long before Operation Anthropoid and Prague.