Lidice

A few posts ago I posted about the paratroopers who assassinated one of the main nazi generals. After that assassination the nazis targeted a completely innocent town called Lidice which we visited last week. Here is the view from the entrance of the memorial which is a huge field with hills and a river and lake and trails that go through it. The weather cleared up quickly after we got there so I was able to enjoy walking around and seeing all the different monuments and remains of the old school, farm house, and church.

This is the monument to the children who died in the war. The faces on the children had so much emotion and sadness it was a pretty moving monument.

At the far end of the valley that you could walk through there was an old cemetery. It was surprisingly beautiful and each grave was marked by a little cross and the graves were covered in cabbage plants and wildflowers. Old willow trees lined the cemetery and I was able to take a few minutes and sit in the shade there.
Here are the remains of a farmhouse that was destroyed by the nazis. We also saw a school that was destroyed and the church as well. When we had gone to the paratroopers' church earlier we saw a picture of the men who were assassinated at the church in Lidice so when I climbed up the steps that were still left of the church and walked through the grass, it was an extremely surreal experience for me. It was so strange to make the connection and be at such a terribly historic spot.
Here is one of the monuments that are scattered around the area. This one was called crying woman with child and it was set just up from the valley and river in the middle of the field.