pamatnik lidice museum

Very real experience, all these nonbeliever on Nazi murdering innocent people should visit , not only Jews were murderedGerman Nazis.

I have visited Lidice several times and each time I have learned something new. This is a tragic event in history along with all the Nazi crimes. The museum tells a story of the events of this tragedy both through artifacts, words, and actual video testimony form the survivors. The self guided tour is about an hour to and hour and a half and is well worth the visit. I hope I get the chance to visit again before we leave.

I first read the story of Lidice over 30 years ago, so it was incredible to see the museum and memorial. It is a small museum but the women working there were lovely and insisted I waited while they set up the introductory movie in English. Although the museum is small it tells the story of Lidice well. I also went and looked at the sculpture of the children which I found to be incredibly moving. The museum is well worth the metro and bus ride to get there.

This is the third time I have visited this place in just over a year .It is relatively easy to get to from Prague and I really do wish I had visited sooner.I was travelling with a friend who like me knows the story of the Heydrich assassination and it's consequences for the village of Lidice.I think it is worth reading up on Heydrich before heading to Lidice to get a real insight to the massacre that took place there.It is a beautiful place and we were there in the lovely sunshine , the whole area has little bits of the village left and there are various memorials there but the one to the 82 children of Lidice is stunning and to me the most beautiful and saddest memorial I have ever seen. there is a very good museum here too that tell the story of the village with lots of pictures and video presentations all with English text or subtitles . It really is worth the short trip from Prague to see this place.

And as you enter this well maintained memorial the first thing you'll have to do is pay around 80CZK each to get in, and when they ask you where you're from the friendly lady will take you through to a little auditorium where you'll watch a short film in your own language depicting the day evil visited this peaceful little village. As I've studied history in the past I could have easily skipped this, but for people who are not aware of the past then this will be of some comfort. Upon leaving you will enter the small museum, which I might add is neither too small nor too large and the information is just enough for everyone to absorb. Walking around there are the exhibits which show the Nazi occupation of Prague, including videos of the time and the build up to the appointment of the Reich Protectorate Reinhard Heydrich the butcher of Prague as he was known. And the subsequent mission to assassinate him called "Operation Anthropoid" which was successful on the day.However, this museum now moves on to the reprisals to the village of Lidice and the surrounding areas which, were brutal, savage and the depravity shown by the SS Einsatzgruppen units and Gestapo showed no mercy to the innocent people living here. even getting prisoners from a nearby concentration camp to exhume the cemetery and burn the bodies truly disgusting, and this was simply a "Scorched Earth" policy directed by Hitler himself. There are three things to look out for in here and that is the wall of names showing all who perished in Lidice and the blood stained shirt of a hero Paratrooper who was cornered in the St Cyril church in Prague, also a little dress worn by a little girl on the day not be missed as the reality hits home now with a vengeance and very thought provoking. I have to admit this museum reminds me of the Anne Frank house in Amsterdam, and the Oscar Schindler factory in Poland, so well laid out and full of information like it happened yesterday. And great credit must go to the men & women who maintain this entire memorial by keeping it alive, and do purchase something from the little shop as all proceeds go towards the upkeep here.Also visit the St Cyril church in Prague where the heroic Czech Paratroopers made their last stand it's very thought provoking and it completes the history of a sad chapter of humanity...Now go and explore the field where the village stood and you'll understand better..!

It is quite an amazing museum telling the story of the Village of Lidice and of the massacre that took place there during World War II.This is a story about people and it is wonderfully told,lots of video presentations that various language subtitles can be added,the one from the actual survivors of the massacre will be the most heart breaking thing you will experience but please experience it.

Entrance to the Museum is 80 CZK and when we purchased our tickets we were asked where we were from. We were then asked to wait a few minutes and then were invited into room with three hard benches to sit. We were then shown a 10 minute film, with a few English subtitles, briefly explaining the historical events leading upto the destruction of the village of Lidice by the Nazis.When the film ended we then entered the museum, which is divided into sections eg the assassination of Heydrich, photos of the children who died, photos of all the men shot, a documentary with interviews with some of the women who survived ( subtitles in several languages available ) etc.Overall, we spent just under an hour in the museum, a very sombre and thought provoking experience.

This museum, in its simplicity and straightforwardness, is a moving testimony to all the horrific tragedies inflicted by the German government and armies throughout WWII. Its focus is on the total destruction of the village of Lidice in response to the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in Prague in 1942. The men were all shot and all of the women and children were sent to concentration camps. Buildings were razed, and the cemetery was destroyed. The goal was to wipe Lidice off the face of the earth.The land once occupied by a vibrant village is silent now. All I could hear were bees collecting pollen from clover and wildflowers. Pay tribute to the victims of all wars in this powerfully spiritual site.

This memorial remembers the reprisals taken by German forces in response to the killing of Reinhard Heydrich in June 1942. The village of Lidice, which lies approximately 20km from Prague, bore the brunt of the reprisal.Hundreds of people were shot; the town was - systematically - destroyed; children who had an 'Ayran' appearance were sent to Germany for adoption. When some of them returned to their home village in 1946, they could only speak in German, and needed an interpreter to converse with their parents.This is a Martyr Village of Europe. What remains of the village can only be described as foundations of individual buildings and plaques to indicate the location of specific buildings: a church, the school, a specific business. The village is now located in a park environment (with a beautiful rose garden) and a new village was built 1km away from the original location. It's like visiting Roman remains, yet it's a memorial to an event that happened only 60 years ago.The interpretative centre is fantastic, containing remarkable footage of the destruction (which German soldiers recorded) plus interviews with the small number of people that survived, including those children sent away for adoption. Multiple languages are catered for.The premise for the village's destruction was that one of Heydrich's assassins had a family connection to it, but as far as I understand this was never proven.It's a remarkably sombre place, but somewhere that one should visit if going to Prague. It's easily accessed through the local bus service; information on which can be obtained from the tourist centre in Prague.

waarschuwing: deze plaats is zeker niet leuk maar wel de meest indrukwekkende plaats die ik ooit bezocht heb. Een niet al te bekend monument van de WOII, maar onbeschrijflijk wat hier gebeurd is. Een klein museum aan het begin van het dorp dat niet meer is, een rauw en indringend verhaal over onmenselijkheid in oorlogstijd. Het enige museum waar ik ooit huilend naar buiten kwam, vol onbegrip over het gebeurde maar gelijktijdig realiserend dat de geschiedeis zich ook vandaag de dag nog steeds herhaalt. Ik kan alleen maar aanraden hier niet onvoorbereid naar toe te gaan, niet iedereen zal dit aankunnen. Het woord 'overweldigend' schiet tekort, misschien zijn hier gewoon helemaal geen woorden voor.

Lindante al Memorial de Lidice, está el museo que recapitula los sucesos que dieron lugar a la desparicion del pueblo y al asesinato de gran parte de la poblacion.- El museo muestra fotos, documentos y filmaciones.- A pesar de la dureza de las imagenes y de los sucesos, no hay golpes bajos

Lamento sea tan desconocido la existencia de este lugar, es la quinta vez que voy y siempre aprendo un poco más de la historia acaecida en la Republica Checa durante la segunda guerra mundial.Hay visitas de escuelas de diferentes nacionalidades europeas y trabajos de los escolares checos con exposiciones de esta epoca y para muchos sigue siendo desconocido.Memorable el monumento a los niños asesinados durante esta guerra.Esta cerca de la autopista del aeropuerto de Praga, de facil acceso, muy interesante.