On June 9, 1942, in retaliation for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Adolf Hitler personally ordered the complete destruction of the Czech village of Lidice. All men and boys over the age of 16 were shot, and all but a handful of the women and children were deported to concentration camps. The Children´s War Victims Monument An academic sculptor, Professor Marie Uchytilová was deeply touched by the tragedy of the crime in Lidice. In 1969 she decided to create a bronze monument of Lidice c