Formal negotiations on the renouncement of the Munich Agreement began at the end of January 1942. At a luncheon given by Anthony Eden on January the 21st.
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Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent Opens the Fund to Resurrect Lidice – 1942
Following the launch, on Wednesday, the 9th of September, the Evening Sentinel reported a press release from the Lord Mayor’s Parlour at the Council Chambers in Stoke, that a fund for re-building Lidice had been opened by the Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent, Cllr Harry McBrine…
Launching Lidice Shall Live at Victoria Hall, Hanley – 1942
Reporting about the launch of the Lidice Shall Live movement the day before, the Stoke-on-Trent Evening Sentinel wrote:
The Victoria Hall has been the scene of many noteworthy gatherings and many famous people have spoken from its platform. But never has the hall held an assembly so remarkable in its significance…
Campaign Members Resolved to Recreate Lidice – Stoke Town Hall 1942
A committee of activists, all heavily involved in the Lidice Shall Live project and led by Dr Barnett Stross – met to discuss arrangements for the launch at the Victoria Hall on the 6th of September.
Eden, Masaryk and the Nullification of the Munich Agreement – 1942
Formal negotiations on the renouncement of the Munich Agreement began at the end of January 1942. At a luncheon given by Anthony Eden on January 21st and attended by Dr Beneš; Ambassador to Czecho-Slovakia, Philip Nichols; and Hubert Ripka, Czechoslovak Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
North Staffordshire Miners Receive Backing in Blackpool – July 1942
George Jones, the Midlands Miners’ Secretary from the Warwickshire branch, put the Lidice Shall Live proposal forward as a suggestion on behalf of his members on the opening day of the Mineworkers’ Federation of Great Britain’s Annual Conference at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, on the 20th of July 1942.
Celebrating the Anglo-Soviet Mutual Assistance Agreement – 1942
Across the free world, shock at the news of Lidice was tempered by the announcement by Moscow Radio on Thursday, June 11th, of the highly significant announcement of the signing of an Anglo-Soviet Mutual Assistance Agreement that would see the two nations support each other in real terms for the next twenty years.
Initial Global Outrage and Reactions to the Lidice Atrocity – June 1942
Initial reactions upon hearing the horrors that took place in Lidice were a mix of confusion, astonishment, despair, and rage. Naturally, there were instant suggestions for responses that involved giving the Nazis a taste of their own medicine.