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From the first apartment to a network of help

turn of 1941–1942

Kubiš and Gabčík needed a safe beginning in Prague. The Růts housed them; Zelenka-Hajský helped find further people and support.

After landing near Nehvizdy, Jan Kubiš and Jozef Gabčík followed contact addresses in the Plzeň region. Václav Král approached Jan Bejbl, who knew Václav Růta. This personal link opened the way to their first documented Prague lodging at Biskupcova 4.

The Růts and Zelenkas lived in separate apartments in the same building. The Růts provided shelter; teacher Jan Zelenka-Hajský drew on Sokol contacts to find further apartments, people, information and supplies. The first meetings’ exact sequence remains uncertain, but these distinct roles are essential to understanding the assistance.

Places

Biskupcova 4 — the first Prague refuge and Zelenka’s network
Two apartments: the first Prague refuge and Zelenka’s organizational support.

One household could not provide everything. The Moravecs and their courier contacts became another mainstay.

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).
Zelenkovi a Růtovi · Český rozhlas Radiožurnál
Introduction and the section Důležité kontakty na odbojové skupiny.
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.
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.