Remembering Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš - the “Czechoslovak heroes of anti-Nazi resistance”.
Remembering Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš - the “Czechoslovak heroes of anti-Nazi resistance”. Reinhard Heydrich was one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany and was a principal architect of the Holocaust. With anti-German sentiment thought to be on the rise in Czechoslovakia, Heydrich was appointed acting Protector of Bohemia and Moravia and set up home in Panenské Břežany, 9 miles north of central Prague. He would often be brazenly driven around by his chauffeur in an open-top Mercedes. Heydrich’s presence in Prague led to the birth of Operation Anthropoid, the only government-sponsored assassination of a senior Nazi leader during World War 2. Operation Anthropoid was planned by the head of the Czechoslovak intelligence services, and involved exiled Czechoslovak soldiers based in Great Britain. The soldiers chosen to participate in Operation Anthropoid received preparation and training by the British Special Operation Executive (SOE). Two of the paratroopers involved were Jozef Gabč