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How investigators reached the refuge

16–18 June 1942

Čurda’s testimony led the Gestapo to helpers. Investigators obtained the church’s location only through the arrests and torture that followed.

Karel Čurda presented himself to the Gestapo at Petschek Palace on 16 June and identified parachutists and supporters he knew. He did not identify the church refuge himself. His testimony nevertheless opened a path to households and further violent interrogations.

During the Moravec arrests, Marie took her own life, while Alois and Vlastimil were detained. After brutal torture, Vlastimil disclosed the probable refuge in the Orthodox church. This was testimony extracted by violence, not voluntary collaboration.

Places

Petschek Palace — bank, Gestapo headquarters and memorial
Čurda’s testimony and the investigation’s headquarters.
The Moravec apartment — the principal Prague base
The Moravec family’s arrest.
The church in Resslova Street — community, refuge and final battle
The refuge exposed through subsequent investigation.

On 18 June, German forces assaulted the church. Seven men defended its separate spaces.

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.
Operace Anthropoid · Vojenský historický ústav Praha · výstavní panely
PDF pages 20–28 (preparation, domestic network, flight and landing), 32–36 (attack, repression and refuge), 40–42 (battle and aftermath).
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.
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.
Praha 3 - Žižkov, Biskupcova 7, byt rodiny Moravcovy · Místa Paměti národa
Heading, address line and the account of the Moravec family.
OpenStreetMap Nominatim address references — Stage 3 batch 2 · OpenStreetMap contributors
Dated reference response with OpenStreetMap feature IDs and coordinates.
Příběh rodiny Růtových: První pražský úkryt parašutistů z Anthropoidu · Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů, Paměť a dějiny 2016/02; Vlastislav Janík
Printed pages 79–82, 86–88; web PDF pages P0–P3 and P7–P9.
Petschkův palác — Památník Pečkárna · Prague City Tourism
History section: passages on the bank building, Gestapo and postwar use.
Alois Václav Čikl · Encyklopedie Prahy 2
Biographical passages on the priesthood, resistance and family.
Výročí 90 let vysvěcení chrámu sv. Cyrila a Metoděje · Vojenský historický ústav Praha
Passages on the 1935 consecration, church assistance, restoration in 1945 and the 1995 memorial.