People working together around the church
May–September 1942
The Resslova Street refuge connected particular church helpers with the domestic resistance. Receiving the men meant continuing to provide supplies and contacts.
Jan Sonnevend helped connect the domestic resistance with chaplain Vladimír Petřek. Priest Václav Čikl also assisted. The seven parachutists arrived gradually at the Resslova Street church, the refuge growing through continued help.
Petřek received food from helpers, passed it to the hidden men and sought safer accommodation. Zelenka, the Moravecs, the Fafeks and others supplied food and messages. Church and domestic networks together sustained a refuge that was never intended as a permanent solution.
After the church was taken, the Nazis sentenced Petřek, Čikl, Sonnevend and Bishop Gorazd to death and executed them at Kobylisy in September. They banned the Czech Orthodox Church and seized its property. Individual acts of assistance affected the whole community.
Places
- The church in Resslova Street — community, refuge and final battle
The refuge and its shared supply network.
- Kobylisy shooting range — from military training to remembrance
Executions of church helpers in September 1942.
Different roles made this network work: initial lodging, documents, transport, medical care, supplies and shelter. Individual profiles explore each person further. Their shared story continues through the consequences of Nazi repression.