World War 2 Prague Tour: Operation Anthropoid

Follow the locations of Operation Anthropoid: crypt and curve. Firstly you visit the Crypt of St. Cyril and Methodius Church in Prague where the paratroopers defended themselves for hours and at the end rather committed suicide than to be captured by the Nazis. From the city center, you drive to a curve where the Reichsprotector Reinhard Heydrich was assassinated.

World War 2 Tour: Operation Anthropoid. Operation Anthropoid with its course and consequences is the most heroic and tragic story in modern Czech history. The Czechoslovak paratroopers who assassinated the Reichs protector Reinhard Heydrich in May 1942 and died in the crypt of St. Cyril and Methodius Church in Prague city center are seen as heroes today. You can see these places also in movies: Operation: Daybreak (1975) or Anthropoid (2016) with Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan. What's included. guide. visit Crypt. visit St. Cyril and Methodius Church. explore a curve where Heydrich was assassinated. hotel pick up. Tour Description. Firstly you visit the Crypt of St. Cyril and Methodius Church in Prague where the paratroopers defended themselves for hours and at the end rather committed suicide than to be captured by the Nazis. From the city center, you drive to a curve where the Reichsprotector Reinhard Heydrich was assassinated. Option: It is possible to make also a tour to concentration camp Terezín and memorial to the killed people in village Lidice.