Ceremony marks 67th anniversary of Lidice tragedy

Wednesday marked the 67th anniversary of the razing of the Czech town of Lidice. On June 9, 1942, the Nazis ordered the liquidation of the Central Bohemian town following an assassination attempt upon Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich. On June 10, Nazi soldiers murdered 173 of the town’s men, while the women and children were rounded up and sent to concentration camps, where many died. A total of 340 of Lidice’s inhabitants died as a result of the Nazi decree. The village itself was doused in petrol and burnt to the ground. On Wednesday, a commemorative service took place in Lidice to mark the anniversary.