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Shelter and treatment after the attack

27–28 May 1942

The wounded Kubiš found help in supporting households. The Piskáčeks summoned Lyčka and sheltered him through the night’s house searches.

Kubiš first went to the Novák apartment in Libeň. He then reached the Piskáčeks in Vysočany with an injured eye. Through Sokol collaborator Antonín Oktábec, Jaroslav requested a visit from Břetislav Lyčka, who treated the injury that evening.

Kubiš stayed at the Piskáčeks during a night when German authorities searched Prague. The families also arranged removal of the bicycle left in Libeň. Shelter, treatment and removal of items connected with the attack were distinct parts of the same practical assistance.

Meanwhile another refuge was opening in Resslova Street, with men from several teams arriving gradually. This is not one direct route from the bend to the crypt: it connects several households and other wanted parachutists.

Places

The Novák apartment — a refuge in Libeň
First assistance for Kubiš in Libeň.
The Piskáček home — the parachutists’ Vysočany base
Treatment and overnight shelter in Vysočany.
The church in Resslova Street — community, refuge and final battle
The shared refuge developing in stages.

The extensive search continued. The decisive path to the refuge ran through Čurda’s testimony and violent interrogation of helpers.

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).
Novákovi · Český rozhlas Radiožurnál
Introduction and the sections Nejvýznamnější spolupracovníci parašutistů and Identifikace uřezaných hlav.
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.
Adolf Opálka (4. 1. 1915 – 18. 6. 1942) · Vojenský historický ústav Praha
Biographical passages on training, OUT DISTANCE and the final battle in Resslova Street.
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.
Operace Anthropoid: Hrdinové z řad lékařské obce · Tempus Medicorum · Česká lékařská komora, 6/2017
PDF pages 3–4 / printed pages 4–5: sections Břetislav Lyčka and Jaroslav Piskáček, especially Sokolovská 41/7, Vysočany and Ouběnice.
ATENTÁT 80: Leden 1942 – sokolové proti Heydrichovi · Vojenský historický ústav Praha; Michal Burian
Sections headed Štěstí v neštěstí, Skupina Říjen and Oběť nejvyšší; web lines 11–18, 31–39, 49–54.
Příběh rodiny Piskáčkových · Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů, Paměť a dějiny 2016/03; Vlastislav Janík
Printed pages 80–90, especially 80–82, 84–85 and 87–90; web PDF pages P0–P10.
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.