1942Heydrich Assassination Attempt in Prague

Reinhard Heydrich, head of the Reich Security Main Office, i...
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💥 Heydrich Assassination Attempt in Prague

Reinhard Heydrich, head of the Reich Security Main Office, is fatally wounded in Prague during Operation Anthropoid by Czechoslovak soldiers; he would die on June 4 from his wounds.
Heydrich Assassination Attempt in Prague (1942)
CzechoslovakiaAssassinationOperation AnthropoidNazi GermanyResistancePragueHeydrichReich Security Main OfficeWorld War II

💀 Reinhard Heydrich Dies from Assassination Injuries

Reinhard Heydrich, a key architect of the Holocaust, dies in Prague from medical complications that had arisen from injuries suffered from an attempted assassination by Czechoslovak agents one week earlier during Operation Anthropoid.
Reinhard Heydrich Dies from Assassination Injuries (1942)
AssassinationNazi GermanyHolocaustOperation AnthropoidPragueHigh-Ranking OfficialsResistanceWorld War II