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Repression before and after the attack

autumn 1941–summer 1942

Nazi terror preceded the attack and intensified afterwards. The Heydrich Terror struck real and alleged opponents far beyond the support network.

The Heydrich Terror encompasses two waves. The first period of martial law followed Heydrich’s arrival, lasting from 28 September 1941 to 20 January 1942. Arrests and executions sought to break resistance and secure war production. This wave preceded Kubiš and Gabčík’s attack.

Renewed martial law began after the attack on 27 May 1942 and lasted until 3 July. Executions and arrests of real and alleged opponents accompanied the search. Petschek Palace served wider Nazi repression, not just ANTHROPOID’s investigation.

The terror took the form of destroyed villages, imprisoned families and later trials and murders. Individual histories must remain distinct. Lidice and Ležáky had different relationships to the parachute teams, and persecution ended neither with the church battle nor the lifting of martial law.

Places

Petschek Palace — bank, Gestapo headquarters and memorial
Investigation and violent interrogation.
Kobylisy shooting range — from military training to remembrance
One execution site used during both waves of terror.

The first village on this journey is Lidice. Its destruction was not based on documented participation in ANTHROPOID.

Sources

Atentát: Operace Anthropoid 1941–1942 · Michal Burian, Aleš Knížek, Jiří Rajlich, Eduard Stehlík · VHÚ Praha
Original citations and evidence accompany the underlying accepted claims; especially relevant are PDF/printed pages 48–65, 76–80 and 90–93.
This link leads to information about the publication. Chrona does not host a scan of the book.
Nepostradatelná úloha domácích podporovatelů operace Anthropoid · Martin Jindra · Paměť a dějiny 2/2012 · ÚSTR
PDF pages 1–6 (establishing the refuge, arrivals, Zelenka, the Moravec family and supplies), 10–15 (discovery, trial, executions and the Fafek family).
Svatošovi · Český rozhlas Radiožurnál
Opening passages on shelter for Opálka, Gabčík and Čurda, and the briefcases used on 27 May.
Poprava 262 českých vlastenců v Mauthausenu 24. října 1942 · Ministerstvo obrany České republiky · Válečné hroby
Passages on the transfer from Terezín, the sham medical examination and the executions of 24 October.
Reinhard Heydrich: In Depth · United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Holocaust Encyclopedia
Sections Creating a Nazi Party Intelligence Service, Resistance and Reprisal in Bohemia and Moravia, and Assassination.
Jak dopadl největší zrádce Anthropoidu a českého odboje vůbec? · Český rozhlas Dvojka
Sections on the letter of 13 June, the journey via the Svatoš home to Petschek Palace, disputed motives and the postwar trial.
Pietní akt k 84. výročí lidické tragédie · Památník Lidice
Opening paragraph: 10 June, the Horák/Stříbrný pretext, 173 men, women and children; passage on the new village.
Kobyliská střelnice – Národní kulturní památka · MČ Praha 8
Passages beginning Střelnice byla zřízena, Nejvíce represivních poprav and Po druhé světové válce; updated 16 November 2020.
Památník protifašistického odboje v Kobylisích · Petr Heřman · Staletá Praha, 1981
PDF page 2 / printed page 88: passages from Kobyliská střelnice byla vybudována to První protifašističtí bojovníci; PDF page 3 / printed page 89: victims’ names. The publication’s contemporary ideological framing is not adopted.
Kobylisy Firing Range — Monument to the Anti-Fascist Resistance · Prague City Tourism
Overview and History sections; the sculpture/cross date is not used because it conflicts with Prague 8’s account.
Gorazd 1879–1942 · Historický ústav AV ČR · Biografický slovník českých zemí
BSČZ 20 (2017), pages 685–686. Passages beginning Poté se v Kroměříži and Od 11. června 1942; birth and death heading.
Petschkův palác — Památník Pečkárna · Prague City Tourism
History section: passages on the bank building, Gestapo and postwar use.
Jan Sonnevend · Encyklopedie Prahy 2
Biographical passages on Brno, Prague, the refuge and persecution of the family.
Alois Václav Čikl · Encyklopedie Prahy 2
Biographical passages on the priesthood, resistance and family.
Historie osady Ležáky · Památník Ležáky
Sections on the settlement’s origins, Libuše, the June investigation, destruction and memorial grounds; paragraphs 1–30.
Atentát 80: Oduznání Mnichova a atentát na Reinharda Heydricha na křižovatkách československých a velmocenských zájmů · Karel Straka · Vojenský historický ústav Praha
Introduction and sections on the Intelligence Department’s plan, Beneš’s position and British diplomacy; conclusion on Eden’s letter of 5 August 1942.