On this day - 24 June

Ležáky was a small village in Czechoslovakia inhabited primarily by stonecutters. Gestapo agents surrounded the village on June 24th 1942 and destroyed everything. This was due to a radio transmitter which had been located in the village and belonged to Operation Silver A, a resistance group against the German occupation of Czechoslovakia. Every adult living in the village was shot. The ruins of the buildings were later removed in mid-December 1943.

The only survivors of the massacre were the children. There were 13 of them who were removed from their homes. Two of them were selected for 'Germanisation' and survived the war. The other 11 children were taken to the Chelmno extermination camp and died due to gassing in 1942. The village was never rebuilt and only memorials remain today.