The tour takes 3 hours
3 hours | Tour
We would like to introduce the tour "WWII in Prague" with a German-speaking guide. This new and exciting tour is about the period before, during, and after the occupation of Czechoslovakia 1939–1945.
On this tour we visit some of the most important sites connected with World War II. At the same time, you will learn about the Allies' failure in 1938, the heroic struggle of the Czech Royal Air Force pilots, about Terezín (Theresienstadt), about Sir Nicholas Winton, who saved 669 Jewish children from the Nazis, about the final days of the occupation and the Red Army's entry into Prague. Last but not least, you will also learn about the brave Czech paratroopers who were flown in from England to carry out the assassination of the notorious and dangerous SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich.
The tour begins with a visit to the Petschek Palace. The building of the Jewish banker Julius Petschek served as the headquarters of the Gestapo. In the basement of the building you will learn more about the dark past of this place. We continue the walk and visit sites connected with World War II. Finally, we reach Resslova Street. Here we visit the crypt beneath the Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius, and learn more about the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich and the 7 paratroopers who hid here after the attack on Heydrich. On the night of 18–19 June 1942, the paratroopers defended themselves for several hours against several hundred SS soldiers. During the fighting in the crypt, the words were heard that the Czechs would not surrender. The assassination and the Nazis' terrible revenge is one of the most important events of World War II. A 20-minute film is shown in the crypt. Liberation came on 9 May, with the last fighting taking place on 11 May 1945.
The tour lasts 3 hours.
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