Ležáky National Cultural Monument

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Ležáky National Cultural Monument is a memorial site in the Czech Republic honoring the destroyed village of Ležáky and its victims of Nazi reprisals during World War II.

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Ležáky National Cultural Monument canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf memorial site
national cultural monument
category Destroyed villages
National Cultural Monuments of the Czech Republic
World War II memorials in the Czech Republic
commemorates World War II civilian victims
victims of Nazi reprisals in Ležáky
village of Ležáky
country Czech Republic
dedicatedTo inhabitants of Ležáky executed by Nazis
resistance members connected with Ležáky
hasCause Nazi reprisals during World War II
linked to: Nazi war crimes
hasMuseumCollection documents and artifacts related to Ležáky
photographs of pre-war Ležáky and its destruction
hasPart central memorial
commemorative plaques
landscape memorial area
memorial cross
memorial hall
memorial stones marking former house locations
museum exhibition
urn burial site
hasVisitorCenter yes
heritageDesignation National Cultural Monument of the Czech Republic
heritageStatusGrantedBy Government of the Czech Republic
linked to: Czech government
inception 20th century
languageOfSignage Czech
locatedIn Ležáky
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Chrudim District
Pardubice Region
locatedOnContinent Europe
memorialDayObserved annual commemorative events in June
memorialType site of destroyed village
war memorial
openToPublic yes
operator Památník Lidice (Lidice Memorial) or related Czech memorial institution
linked to: Lidice Memorial
purpose commemoration
education about Nazi terror
preservation of historical memory
relatedEvent destruction of Ležáky by Nazi forces in 1942
relatedTo Lidice Memorial
subjectOf Czech historical publications
commemorative ceremonies
educational programs about World War II
theme Holocaust-era persecution in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia
war crimes

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Ležáky massacre commemoratedBy Ležáky National Cultural Monument
Ležáky hasMemorial Ležáky National Cultural Monument