On Saturday 13th November 2021, the community of Lidice and all those who knew him, raised a final glass to Václav Zelenka. Lidice had suffered a great loss but Václav's impact on humanity will remain impressed on the beating heart of communities around the world for generations
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Remembering Václav Zelenka 1938 – 2021Remembering Václav Zelenka 1938 – 2021
On Saturday the 13th of November 2021, the community of Lidice and all those who knew him the world over, raised a final glass to Václav Zelenka. Lidice had suffered yet another great loss with his passing but his impact on humanity remains indelibly imprinted on the very soul of
Opening the Garden of Peace and FriendshipOpening the Garden of Peace and Friendship
The Lidice Rose Garden of Peace and Friendship was opened on the 19th of June 1955. People poured to Lidice from far and wide to see the spectacle. Dignitaries were present from around the world, including Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India; as well as other leaders from both sides
The Path to Lidice – Alan GerrardThe Path to Lidice – Alan Gerrard
Making full use of the historical and archive sources available, The Path to Lidice creates a sharpened image of the political and social mood in Britain, Czechoslovakia, and America, from the time of the rise of the Sudeten German Party in 1936, to 1968 and the Prague Spring. For years,
A Commemorative Visit to Lidice – 1957 / 1964A Commemorative Visit to Lidice – 1957 / 1964
These photographs, which exist in a traditional leather album, came into our ownership about a decade ago. The pictures were a gift from the Stoke-on-Trent based local historian, Fred Hughes, who had come across them at a car boot sale. Unfortunately close inspection of the photos and/or the folder gives
40th Anniversary of “Lidice” by Ivan Cigánek40th Anniversary of “Lidice” by Ivan Cigánek
“The noose around Lidice, formed by a company of the Nazi Schutzpolizei was being tightened slowly but surely. Their commander, Major Marwelder, had been ordered to have his men posted so as to seal off Lidice hermetically by 10 p.m. Anyone wishing to enter Lidice was free to do so
The Legacy SculptureThe Legacy Sculpture
Working with internationally renowned sculptor Carl Payne, Lidice Lives is creating a three-part installation entitled “LEGACY” as the centrepiece for the land at Morley Street in Hanley – which is to be turned into a garden celebrating the concepts of rebirth and the values of friendship, empathy and cooperation Says