Last fight of Heydrich's killers

[K.Kocjancic]

They were stationed in Church, when they were betrayed. 7 SOE-men died in the fight.

I would like to know, which German unit was fighting against them.

According to Piekalkiewicz, there were men from SD and Sturm-Kmp. from SS-Div. "Deutschland" (probably SS-Rgt.). Is this true?

[Benoit Douville]

Kocjo,

In the Battle in the church, the troops of SS-Brigadeführer Karl Von Truenfeld were involved in the 6 hour Battle. Over 750 soldiers of wich 14 were killed and 21 wonded. The German Police also fought in that Battle.

Sources: Reinhard Heydrich Assasination by Cowdery & Vodenka

Hope this help
Regards

[sylvieK4]

Two of the assassins, Jan Kubis and Jozef Gabcik.

http://www.gfh.org.il/


http://www.gfh.org.il/

The church on Reslova Street in Prague to which the assassins of Reinhard Heydrich escaped, and where they met their deaths. On the wall is a memorial plaque. There is an opening in the wall through which the Germans surrounding the church inserted gas bombs to make the assassins surrender.

[K.Kocjancic]

Any info on that SS unit?

Photo of this SS unit is in "Spione, Agenten, Soldaten".

[Alfred Naujocks]

Calling them killers and assassins doesn't sit right with me. They fit my definition of freedom fighters.

[sylvieK4]

Calling them killers and assassins doesn't sit right with me. They fit my definition of freedom fighters.

Freedom fighters with selective targets?

[K.Kocjancic]

Calling them killers and assassins doesn't sit right with me. They fit my definition of freedom fighters.

Killer -> the man, who kills someone/something. Didn't they kill Heydrich?
Assassination is the right word; they came to Prag with an intention to kill him.

But you're right. They were just fighting against occupators of their country.

[Mauser K98k]

"One man's Patriot is another man's Traitor"

or words to that effect.

[JodelFlieger]

How on earth could you regard them as traitors? They killed their enemy and then gamely fought on until there was no way out.Beyond brave.
regards
JF

[Grisu]

As far as I understand the whole debate, Mauser did not call the two assassins "traitors" at all. He was just referring to the basic problem when it comes to differentiating between "terrorists" and "freedom fighters". They may be responsible for exactly the same deeds, but - bluntly speaking - it's only determined by one's point of view how you call them. If you tend to side with them, they're likely to be seen as "freedom fighters" or "heroes", if you oppose their goals, they're referred to as "terrorists". So, in a nutshell, they're "one man's patriot and another man's traitor".

[Glynwed]

Czech translate of German document abouth fight at church against Czech paras:
http://www.fronta.cz/dokument/zpravy-ss ... ervna-1942

...and some photos from church crypt:
http://www.fronta.cz/fotogalerie/kostel ... a-metodeje

[AQUILIFER]

Calling them killers and assassins doesn't sit right with me. They fit my definition of freedom fighters.

I'm sorry, but I couldn't help smiling a bit, this coming from someone who calls himself Alfred Naujocks in the forum.

(Unless its your real name in which case i apologies )

AQUILIFER