Fictionalized account of the destruction of Lidice, a Czech village, and the events leading up to it. The Allies parachute a Czech resistance fighter into the area, where he reunites with his former girlfriend and villagers. The Nazis, led by Reinhardt Heydrich, rule with an iron fist, arbitrarily arresting innocents and charging them with fictitious crimes. After Heydrich's death, Henrich Himmler orders the destruction of Lidice, resulting in the men's mass shooting, the village's burning, and the women's imprisonment in concentration camps.
Hitler's Madman
The assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, a high-ranking Nazi SS officer, by Czech resistance fighters sparks a devastating cycle of reprisals against the Czech population.
