Lesson from history - assassination of Heydrich and aftermath

[Varlat Opiat]

I found an interesting link to book on the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, aka Operation Anthropoid. Many unpublished pictures and less known facts. Definitely worth reading (7.9 MB, in English).

http://www.filefactory.com/file/b1ac4fg/n/assassination-en.pdf

[LineDoggie]

Lidice, like Oradour sur Glane has become part of the lexicon of Mass Murder

[JJHH]

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[Varlat Opiat]

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You can download it also from there as well:


You can download this from official page of Czech MoD

http://www.army.cz/scripts/detail.php?id=7623

direct link to pdf: http://www.army.cz/images/id_7001_8000/7419/assassination-en.pdf

[skyeye]

Thanx, great reference.

Another good book is:

“The Killing of SS Obergruppenfuhrer Reinhard Heydrich”

Copyright 1989 by Callum MacDonald
ISBN 0-02-919561-6

Available at Amazon.com

[Varlat Opiat]

Lidice, like Oradour sur Glane has become part of the lexicon of Mass Murder

Indeed.

But the sad thing is, how nearly forgotten are names and deeds of the members of resistance, whose whole families were killed in Mauthausen and other death camps.
Whoever somehow helped resistance could expect filthy revenge. Death and torture for yourself and for all his relatives. In the fate of these families one can see how sick and twisted nazi regime truly was.
It is a shame how history lessons on all schools (and even universities) are narrowed to a few facts and how much is public indifferent to its own past.

[SBL]

Indeed.

But it is sad, how nearly forgotten are names and deeds of the members of resistance, whose whole families were killed in Mauthausen and other death camps.
Whoever somehow helped resistance could expect filthy revenge. Death and torture for yourself and for all his relatives. In the fate of these families one can see how sick and twisted nazi regime was.
When you put it like that, resistance sounds like a rather selfish enterprise.

[Varlat Opiat]

When you put it like that, resistance sounds like a rather selfish enterprise.

Selfish? Sure the reprisal was made exactly in the way to scare off the public from acts against nazis. "Be a hero and your family dies. Be selfish." Truly perverse what was made from some good men. Treason and collaboration with nazis were common due to the fear and terror. Even to know something or someone "anti-regime" was life-threatening "selfish enterprise". Sad times.

[SBL]

I should say that was an off-the-cuff remark and not intended to disparage anyone or their history- I realize everyone has their own values and motivations.

Perhaps what I should've said is: risking my own health and well-being is one thing, but wittingly placing others in a position where they would be raped, brutalized or shot for my actions is not something I'd be willing to undertake.

Apologies for the off-topic.