Which Czech village was destroyed by the Nazis in 1942 in revenge for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Lidice, whose men were shot while the women and children were deported
- Step 1: The assassination took place in 1942. Step 2. The reprisal destroyed Lidice. Answer: Lidice. Why not the others: Terezín was a ghetto and fortress, and Kladno was not destroyed in reprisal for Heydrich's death.
Practise more History of the Czech Lands.
Free questions with an explanation for every one, and full timed Maturita (Czech Republic) mock tests.
More History of the Czech Lands questions
- Who became the first president of Czechoslovakia in 1918?
- In which year did the Velvet Revolution bring the end of communist rule in Czechoslovakia?
- On which date did Czechoslovakia split peacefully into the Czech Republic and Slovakia?
- Which Czech church reformer was burned at the stake in Constance in 1415?
- Which emperor founded Charles University in Prague in 1348?
- On what date did the Czech Republic join the European Union?