Ležáky
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Ležáky (, , from 1939: Lezaky), in the Miřetice municipality, was a village in Czechoslovakia. During the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, it was razed by Nazi forces as reprisal for Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich's assassination in late spring 1942.
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1942 disestablishments in Czechoslovakia1942 mass murdersFormer populated places in Eastern EuropeMassacres committed by Nazi GermanyNational cultural monuments of the Czech RepublicNazi war crimes in CzechoslovakiaOperation AnthropoidPopulated places in Chrudim DistrictRazed citiesReinhard HeydrichReprisals