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This historical podcast, sometimes doubling as walking tour and travel guide, seeks to explore the intersection of the past and the present.
Operation Anthropoid – Charting the Assassination of Reinhart Heinrich in Prague
Too Square to be Hip
53 minutes 48 seconds
10 months ago
Operation Anthropoid – Charting the Assassination of Reinhart Heinrich in Prague
This episode details one of the darkest chapters in Czech history, the occupation of their country by Nazi Germany and the subsequent assassination of a top Nazi official, Reinhard Heydrich, an event that shook the country to its very core. This historical podcast / walking tour / travel guide seeks to trace the steps of the famed Czech Paratroopers as they journey to assassinate Reinhart Heydrich, a top Nazi official. Then it will follow them as they are hunted down, resulting in a heroic last stand in the. Ss. Cyril and Methodius Cathedral.
Of the auxiliary themes covered was the price borne by civilians as a consequence of the assassination. This includes the infamous massacre at Lidice that stands as testament to the indignities inflicted upon the captive peoples of occupied Europe.
For an interactive map with all of the stops this tour will take you on, please check out the following link: https://toosquaretobehip.com/operation-anthropoid-charting-the-assassination-of-reinhart-heinrich-in-prague/
Timestamps:
(00:00) - Introduction
(04:26) - Chapter 1: Historical Context, Wenceslaus Square
(08:23) - Chapter 2: Planning an Operation, Biskupcova Street No. 1795/7
(15:19) - Chapter 3: The Man with the Iron Heart, Panenské Břežany
(21:00) - Chapter 4: The Assassination, Holešovice Curve
(26:55) - Chapter 5: The Assassination Part 2, Bulovka Hospital and Prague Castle
(29:43) - Chapter 6: The Manhunt, Ss. Cyril and Methodius Cathedral [National Memorial to the Heroes of the Heydrich Terror]
(40:04) - Chapter 7: A Brief Interlude – Paratrooper Pub
(41:40) - Chapter 8: Reprisals and Commemoration, Lidice
(47:48) - Conclusion
(50:38) - Epilogue
Music by u_mt1uz3t7f7 from Pixabay
Sound Effects by freesound_community from Pixabay and Alice_soundz from Pixabay
Too Square to be Hip
This historical podcast, sometimes doubling as walking tour and travel guide, seeks to explore the intersection of the past and the present.
