4 real historical locations · Czech Republic, Germany
Based on Laurent Binet's novel, this film depicts Operation Anthropoid — the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in Prague in 1942 — intercut with the rise of Heydrich himself. Jason Clarke portrays one of the Holocaust's most feared architects.
CinemaMapped has mapped 4 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning Czech Republic, Germany.
On 27 May 1942, Czech paratroopers Gabčík and Kubiš ambush Reinhard Heydrich's open Mercedes in Prague — the only SOE-backed assassination of a senior Nazi l...
Operation Anthropoid was trained in Britain and deployed by parachute in December 1941. Heydrich, Protector of Bohemia and Moravia and organiser of the Wannsee Conference, died of his wounds on 4 June 1942. Nazi repri...
View location →On 27 May 1942, Czech and Slovak paratroopers Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš ambush Heydrich's open-topped Mercedes on a sharp bend in Prague. The attack mortall...
Operation Anthropoid succeeded where all other assassination attempts on senior Nazis failed. Heydrich died from his wounds on 4 June 1942. Hitler ordered massive reprisals.
View location →In reprisal for Heydrich's assassination, the SS obliterates the mining village of Lidice — 173 men shot, 184 women sent to Ravensbrück, 88 children gassed. ...
Lidice was chosen after a false connection to the assassination. It became a symbol of Nazi terror: 'lidice' became a verb in several languages meaning 'to destroy utterly'. The village was rebuilt nearby after the war.
View location →The film traces Heydrich's rise through the SS hierarchy alongside Himmler. Wewelsburg, the SS cult centre, represents the ideological fanaticism that shapes...
Reinhard Heydrich (1904–1942) rose from a disgraced naval officer to head the RSHA and RHSA, architect of the Holocaust. He was the most feared man in Nazi Germany after Hitler.
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