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5 years ago

It is sad that in every age we must be reminded that it is wrong to kill children.

On July 1942, 2, most of the children of Lidice, a small village in what was then Czechoslovakia, were handed over to the gestapo office of the gestapo.

On July 1942, 2, Most Of The Children Of Lidice, A Small Village In What Was Then Czechoslovakia, Were

These 82 children were then transported to the of extermination camp 70 kilometers away. Once they arrived, they were gassed to death. This remarkable sculpture by Marie Uchytilová commemorates this massacre.

On July 1942, 2, Most Of The Children Of Lidice, A Small Village In What Was Then Czechoslovakia, Were
On July 1942, 2, Most Of The Children Of Lidice, A Small Village In What Was Then Czechoslovakia, Were
On July 1942, 2, Most Of The Children Of Lidice, A Small Village In What Was Then Czechoslovakia, Were

A group of Bronze Sculptures, paying tribute to the children who died. Its construction was decided in 1969 by the woman sculptor, Marie Uchytilova. As a symbol of an imaginary tomb of the 13 million most innocent victims of the war - children, she chose as model, 82 children of lidice asphyxiated in the gas rooms of chelmno.

On July 1942, 2, Most Of The Children Of Lidice, A Small Village In What Was Then Czechoslovakia, Were
On July 1942, 2, Most Of The Children Of Lidice, A Small Village In What Was Then Czechoslovakia, Were
On July 1942, 2, Most Of The Children Of Lidice, A Small Village In What Was Then Czechoslovakia, Were

She took 20 years to make this beautiful sculpture because she used the vintage documents to reproduce the faces of the missing children and to represent them according to their exact size.

On July 1942, 2, Most Of The Children Of Lidice, A Small Village In What Was Then Czechoslovakia, Were
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