It's been a depressing past few days in Prague not because of the cold, wet weather, but more so because of the plethora of Nazi lectures this week. Today we visited Lidice, the Czech village completely destroyed by the Nazi's in retaliation to the assassination of SS commander Reinhard Heydrich. It was grim scene in pouring rain, yet the museum on site was very moving. The best I've seen the whole trip. We were lucky enough to speak with a survivor, Jaroslava Skleničková, who read excerpts from her recently published book, If I'd have been I boy, I would have been shot. Sadly, I have no digital photographs to show you of Jaroslava. The setting and material seemed appropriate for film.
Yesterday we visited the Church of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, where the Czech paratroopers responsible for Heydrich's execution fought the SS until their last bullet. We actually got to go inside the crypt where they hid for weeks, evading the SS. A little eery, but so empowering. Definitely didn't ever get that feeling at the Alamo. These 4 guys were brave. And they dealt the power structure a tough blow.
When we weren't watching movies about concentration camps, I photographed skateboarders and UNISPINNERS. This is for Max and David =)
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