Fall of the innocent: the true story of the battle of Lidice
TitleFall of the innocent: the true story of the battle of Lidice; Lidice
Author
Call numberV1075
Object numberV1075
Place of publicationSlovakia
PublisherPoint Blank
Year of publication
2011
MaterialAudio-visual material
Notes
Video
Video
Description
At the beginning of the story Lidice is just one of many small village trying to survive the war as best as it can.
Day-to-day existence with the German soldiers flows until the upheaval of a bar brawl where by accident a drunk father kills his own son. The crime is justly punished and the boy starts his sentence. But thanks to this he, alone, survives his family as well as his entire village which becomes the scapegoat for the assassination of a Nazi Officer, Heydrich