Today is the 79th anniversary of the attentat on Reinhard Heydrich!
We don't often post about history here, but this anniversary is a big exception.
If you played Attentat 1942 you know how cruel the Nazi regime was. The ultimate goal of Reinhard Heydrich and other Nazi leaders was to eventually eradicate or assimilate non-germanic nations.
On May 27, 1942, Josef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš, supported by a vast resistance network, made an assassination attempt on Heydrich. After their weapon jammed, they threw an explosive in the direction of the governor's car.
Heydrich died as a result of the injury days later. Gabčík and Kubiš took their lives, surrounded by Nazis, in a crypt of the Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Prague. Today, there's a memorial and a museum you can visit.
The reprisals for Heydrich's death were brutal, including Nazis razing the villages of Lidice and Ležáky to the ground, more than 1500 people were executed, and 3000 Jews were sent to concentration camps.
As you know if you talked to Málek, not everyone agrees about the legacy of the assassination.
Nevertheless, it is an important event that shaped the history of both Czechia as well as the rest of Europe.
It is a reminder of the immense bravery of those participating in anti-Nazi resistance efforts. Our game couldn't have happened without them.
Thanks for playing our games, because by doing that, you're helping us to keep those stories and events alive almost eight decades later.
If you played Attentat 1942 you know how cruel the Nazi regime was. The ultimate goal of Reinhard Heydrich and other Nazi leaders was to eventually eradicate or assimilate non-germanic nations.
On May 27, 1942, Josef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš, supported by a vast resistance network, made an assassination attempt on Heydrich. After their weapon jammed, they threw an explosive in the direction of the governor's car.
Heydrich died as a result of the injury days later. Gabčík and Kubiš took their lives, surrounded by Nazis, in a crypt of the Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Prague. Today, there's a memorial and a museum you can visit.
The reprisals for Heydrich's death were brutal, including Nazis razing the villages of Lidice and Ležáky to the ground, more than 1500 people were executed, and 3000 Jews were sent to concentration camps.
As you know if you talked to Málek, not everyone agrees about the legacy of the assassination.
Nevertheless, it is an important event that shaped the history of both Czechia as well as the rest of Europe.
It is a reminder of the immense bravery of those participating in anti-Nazi resistance efforts. Our game couldn't have happened without them.
Thanks for playing our games, because by doing that, you're helping us to keep those stories and events alive almost eight decades later.
