Ležáky: the village that did not remain silent – a new exhibition in Ležáky

The Ležáky National Memorial has undergone extensive rebuilding work, including the installation of a new exhibition.

Visitors can learn about the story of the Czech resistance in this village, along with the Silver A paratroopers’ deployment and the tragic results of the investigation by the Gestapo during the second period of martial law in 1942.
The exposure was accompanied by a number of significant exhibits, which includes the duplicate of transmitting station Libuše, part of upper clothing of the Ležáky youngest victim of Pardubice execution and a chip of an execution stake. You can see the selected photos of still alive Ležáky inhabitants and unique images of burned village.
The story of Ležáky inhabitants is completed by two films, which put near the resistance activity of Ležáky citizens to the viewer, their participation in the assassination of representing imperial protector Reinhard Heydrich and exceptional mourning feast in 1947.

The aim of exhibitor´s team is both a preservation of monuments of victims and awakening the interest, especially of the young generation, in the war events, which is well adapted to the overall concept and content of the exhibition. Modified area of the memorial and the surrounding countryside offer the possibility of walking and enough space for retrospects.

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April - October Tue - Sun 09:00 - 17:00