Bullet Riddled Wall Of The Czech Orthodox Church Of St Cyril And St Methodius In Prague Editorial Image

This Church became very well-known during the WWII. Seven Czech paratroopers died here on 18 June 1942, after taking part in the assassination of the Nazi Governor of Bohemia and Moravia, Reinhard Heydrich. Members of the Czech Orthodox community helped them, but they were betrayed and attacked in the church by the Gestapo, They went down into the crypt and fought off the Germans for many hours and the only way the Germans could defeat them was by pumping water into the crypt and drowning them all On the wall of the crypt near a window, where you can still see the holes from the bullets, is the memorial plaque with the names and portraits of the heroes. The crypt serves now as National Memorial to the victims of the Heydrich Terror.