The Lidice massacre (Czech: Vyhlazení Lidic) was the complete destruction of the village of Lidice in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, which is now a part of the Czech Republic, in June 1942 on orders from Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and acting Reichsprotektor Kurt Daluege, successor to Reinhard Heydrich. It has gained historical attention as one of the most documented instances of German war crimes during World War II, particularly given the deliberate killing of children.
I’ve been there with my primary school. Depressing place. The nazis made sure there are almost no signs that the village was ever even there. New one was built, but I definitely wouldn’t want to live there.
Also, there’s a memorial to the murdered children on the wiki page. One of the statues of a murdered child was actually stolen some time ago. I don’t remember the details, but it goes over my head how can anybody do that.
