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Medical help underground

1942

Břetislav Lyčka provided treatment and cover documents. His story shows professional expertise working through a resistance network.

Karlín doctor Břetislav Lyčka belonged to the Sokol resistance organization JINDRA. Meetings took place at his home and surgery. As a reviewing physician, he also helped certify cover sick leave for the parachutists.

He treated Kubiš at the Piskáček home in Vysočany on the evening of 27 May. That location must be distinguished from his own Karlín surgery: trusted contacts brought medical assistance to the wounded man.

In July, Lyčka hid with carpenter Ludvík Vaněk in Ouběnice. When the Gestapo surrounded the house on 21 July, he and teacher František Kotrba took their own lives. Nazi persecution of helpers continued after the final battle in the church.

Places

Lyčka’s home and surgery — resistance meetings in Karlín
Lyčka’s professional and resistance base.
The Piskáček home — the parachutists’ Vysočany base
Where Kubiš was treated, rather than the doctor’s own surgery.

Assistance crossed households and professions. This journey’s final chapter explores cooperation with the people around the Orthodox church.

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.
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.
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.
OpenStreetMap Nominatim address references — Stage 3 batch 2 · OpenStreetMap contributors
Dated reference response with OpenStreetMap feature IDs and coordinates.
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.