Lidice

Part of the memorial at Lidice, Czech Republic commemorating the gassing to death of 82 local children in reprisal for the assassination of Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich on 4 June 1942. (PHOTO: Wikipedia.org)

Czech commemoration at site of Nazi massacre tomorrow will not feature xenophobic speaker
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Czech Republic: Lidice Memorial has a new director, Čeněk Růžička hopes she will be more sensitive about honoring the Roma genocide at Lety than her predecessor
10.4.2017 9:16 The Lidice Memorial, which commemorates the Nazi massacre of the village of Lidice in 1942, has been led since 1 April by Marina Lehmannová. She was chosen by the Czech Culture Ministry, the establisher of the memorial. full storyCzech President calls DSSS party neo-Nazis, they say he parrots them on issue of migrants
23.6.2016 7:00 Speaking at the commemorative ceremony marking the anniversary of the obliteration of the village of Lidice during the Second World War, Czech President Miloš Zemanwarned against neo-Nazism, saying that it is inconspicuously beginning to threaten Czech society. His remarks on 11 June marked the 74th anniversary of the annihilation of the village by Nazi soldiers and specifically mentioned the members of the Workers Social Justice Party (DSSS) in the Czech Republic and the ultra-right party led by Marian Kotleba in Slovakia, calling them both neo-Nazis. full story