Czech and Slovak presidents to attend Anthropoid commemoration next Friday

Celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the assassination of acting Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich on Friday, May 27, will include a reconstruction of the event in Prague’s Libeň district, as well as a ceremonial gathering in the National Museum. Attending the museum ceremony will be both Czech President Miloš Zeman and Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová, a spokeswoman of the National Museum told the Czech News Agency on Friday.

The reconstruction of the assassination in Libeň will take place after 10:30am – the time when parachutists Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš attacked Heydrich’s vehicle. Military aircraft flyovers, including a World War II era Hawker Hurricane, will take place above the Anthropoid memorial in Libeň after which a commemorative act will be held, the Czech News Agency writes.

The two events a part of a much wider range of commemorations that will be taking place across the Czech Republic during the anniversary.