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A RAY OF LIGHT (LARGE PRINT). REINHARD HEYDRICH, LIDICE, AND THE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE MINERS

PHILLIPS RUSSEL

Editorial
INGRAM
Año edición
2017
ISBN
978-0-9955133-6-5
Encuadernación
Rústica
Páginas
174
Idioma
Castellano
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Arnold Bennett Prize finalist. This is the inspiring true story of what happens when ordinary people unite to make a stand against evil. Lidice was a peaceful and vibrant community in Czechoslovakia with a rich mining heritage. But an act of Nazi revenge saw this village wiped from existence in a horrifying chapter of European history. Disaster struck for Lidice in 1942 when the prominent Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich was assassinated. Described by Hitler as the man with an iron heart , Heydrich was one of the key architects of the Holocaust. His death, after an attack by members of the Czech resistance, left Hitler furious and desperate for vengeance. Looking for a scapegoat to blame for Heydrich's death, he settled on the village of Lidice, which had been falsely linked to the assassination. in a brutal act which shocked the world, Lidice was completely destroyed. The men were shot while the women and children were rounded up and

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