V Holešovičkách

The spot in the suburb of Libeň where Reichsprotektor SS Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich was assassinated has changed considerably since 1942 – the tram tracks have gone and a modern road intersection has been built. It’s near where the slip road exits north from V Holešovičkách to Zenklova. A small memorial was finally built here in May 2008, 66 years after the event – because the Czech paratroopers who carried out the assassination were trained in Britain, the communist regime had preferred not to remember them. At the time of research, a competition had just been launched to design a larger monument. To get to the site, take tram 10 or 24 to the Zenklova stop and walk south for a few minutes. The neighbouring streets, Gabčíkova and Kubišova, are named after the parachutists who carried out the attack. The Army Museum in Žižkov has a fascinating exhibition detailing the assassination, including the actual car in which Heydrich was travelling at the time of the attack.