Target: Heydrich. Events series commemorating the 70th anniversary of Operation Anthropoid

Venue: London (UK)
Period: Mar. 26-Jun. 8, 2012

May 1942. The storm of war rages over Europe. Czechoslovakia languishes in the dark night of dismemberment and German occupation. But, in London, a plan has been hatched: Operation Anthropoid. Two men, the Czechoslovak parachutists, Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš, fall silently from the Bohemian night sky. Their destination, by train and by bicycle: Prague. Their weapons: sten guns, grenades, and their sheer audacity. Their target: Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia, Himmler's right-hand man, the 'most dangerous man in the Third Reich', the 'butcher of Prague', Reinhard Heydrich. The consequences of their actions will be shattering.
This series, organized by the Centre for the Study of Central Europe, UCL SSEES, and the UCL European Institute in conjunction with the Czech Centre London, Harvill Secker, the Institut Français, and the Wiener Library, commemorates the 70th anniversary of these events and looks again at the encounter of evil and heroism through the diverse lenses of documentary film and visuals, military history, a French novel and a British detective story.

Admission is free but places must be reserved. Please email the Library at info@wienerlibrary.co.uk or call on 0044.020.7636.7247 to book your place.

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