Lidice

American  

[li-dyi-tse, lee-duh-chey, lid-uh-see] / ˈlɪ dyɪ tsɛ, ˈli dəˌtʃeɪ, ˈlɪd ə si /

noun

1. a village in the W Czech Republic: suffered a ruthless reprisal by the Nazis in 1942 for the assassination of a high Nazi official.

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Lidice British  

/ ˈlidjtsɛ /

noun

1. a mining village in the Czech Republic: destroyed by the Germans in 1942 in reprisal for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich; rebuilt as a national memorial

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Example Sentences

In this show, which closes this weekend, participants like Barton Lidice Benes, Cui Fei, Jean Shin and Penelope Umbrico display artifacts and natural objects they’ve acquired in ways that reflect their individual passions.

From New York Times • May 29, 2014

After Lidice and Kiel came Dresden – a controversial and poignant twinning at a time when the devastation of the blitz was still fresh in the mind of citizens of both places.

From The Guardian • Jul. 27, 2011

Post-Mortem Sir: Your story on Adolf Eichmann refers to Reinhardt Heydrich suffering a severed spine in the attack on him near Lidice.

From Time Magazine Archive

As a member of the Lidice Lives Committee, and as the individual who visited Godbout and had all details of the affair in hand, I feel qualified to give you the facts.

From Time Magazine Archive

From the Ashes of Lidice The happiest man in the world when Tobruk fell was Germany's clubfooted Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels.

From Time Magazine Archive