Event    From 27/5/1942 

Operation Anthropoid

Categories: Execution

Countries: Czechoslovakia

The code name for the assassination of SS-Obergruppenführer and General der Polizei, Reinhard Heydrich. This was the only only targeted killing of a top-ranking Nazi. The operation was carried out in Prague by two Czechoslovak soldiers, Jan Kubiš and Josef Gabčík, after having been prepared by the British Special Operations Executive with the approval of the Czechoslovak government in exileHeydrich died of his injuries on the 4th June 1942, and his death led to a wave of merciless reprisals by German troops, including the destruction of villages and the killing of civilians. The photograph shows the car in which he was travelling when the attack took place.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Operation Anthropoid

Commemorated ati

Other Subjects

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Lutheran pastor and theologian. 1933 - 35 he was a pastor at two German speaking London churches: German Evangelical Church - Sydenham and the German Reformed Church of St Paul's - Whitechapel. Bo...

Person, Execution, Religion, Germany

4 memorials
Sir William Wallace

Sir William Wallace

Scottish knight and national hero. Born Renfrewshire. Convicted of treason Wallace was executed at Smithfield. He was hanged, drawn and quartered - a very gruesome death reserved for traitors. Mel ...

Person, Execution, Nationalism, Scotland

2 memorials
Richard Fitzalan, 11th Earl of Arundel

Richard Fitzalan, 11th Earl of Arundel

Had been one of the group who arranged for the execution of Simon Burley.  King Richard never forgave that, and when Fitzalan joined Gloucester to oppose the King's peace with France the King took ...

Person, Execution, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
John Rogers

John Rogers

Protestant martyr burned at Smithfield. The first of the 'Marian Martyrs'.

Person, Execution, Religion

1 memorial
Thomas Bowyer

Thomas Bowyer

Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.

Person, Execution, Religion

1 memorial