Memorial for the children from Lidice, CZ
Holocaust Victims

Lidice children

The destiny of Lidice children is the saddest part of the Lidice tragedy. The children were separated from their mothers in the gymnasium of the Grammar school in Kladno. The children were moved by train to Lodz where they had lived for 3 weeks in a collection camp.

The youngest child was only 1 year and six days old the oldest boys were under the age of 15, girls were under the age of 16. On June 2 their destiny was decided. Few children had secretly received correspondence lists so that they could write to their relatives. Afterwards there was a command for their movement to the extermination camp in Chelmn.

The victims were taken to a castle and were told that they would continue their journey. They had to undress; they only could keep underwear, a towel and a soap so that they could take a shower before the journey. Afterwards they were taken to a truck that was specifically modified for 80-90 people, where they were killed by exhaust gas in 8 minutes. This is where the trace of Lidice children ends.

From 105 of Lidice children only 17 survived. 9 were adopted by German families, 7 youngest children under the age of 1 were placed into a German children shelter in Prague. One boy died in the shelter. After the tragedy in Lidice 7 children was born to the mothers however only two survived. One boy was born in the concentration camp but was killed right after the birth.

On June 10 at the day of the first memorial meeting, straight after the ceremony, one of the Lidice women, Anna Hroníková asked the whole nation for one thing: „ Please, help us find our children".
There was nothing known about their destiny.

With a help of Mrs. Hana Benešová a group of two police members and two Lidice mothers went to search for the children's trace. The investigation ended in May 1947 when the last child Václav Zelenka was found.

Out of the 105 children 82 died in Chelmno
6 died in the infantile home
17 returned back home


The List of 82 Children from Lidice, who were Killed in Chelmno
Source: "Oboz Smierci w Chelmno Nad Nerem", Janusz Golczynski, published by the Konin Museum, 1991,


BREJCHA
Josef
1937

BULINA
Josef
1930

BULINOVA
Anna
1928

BULINOVA
Jaroslava
1931

CERMAK
Jiri
1930

CERMAKOVA
Miloslava
1934

CRMAKOVA
Bozena
1932

FRUHAUF
Jiri
1938

HEJMA
Karel
1934

HEJMA
Frantiasek
1928

HERMANOVA
Jaroslava
1939

HOCKOVA
Marie
1932

HONZIKOVA
Vara
1929

HOCKOVA
Marie
1932

HONZIKOVA
Bozena
1929

HRONIK
Zdenek
1934

HRONIKOVA
Bozena
1929

HRONIKOVA
Marta
1941

HRONIKOVA
Zdenka
1930

JADLICKA
Vaclav
1937

KACL
Karel
1934

KAFKOVA
Vara
1936

KAIMLOVA
Anna
1929

KOBERA
Jaroslav
1932

KOBERA
Vaclav
1936

KOBEROVA
Milada
1931

KOBEROVA
Zdenka
1934

KOVAROVSKA
Hana
1937

KOVAROVSKA
Ludmila
1937

KOZEL
Antonin
1935

KRASOVA
Venceslava
1935

KUBELA
Rudolf
1938

KULHAVY
Frantisek
1935

KULHAVY
Jaroslav
1929

LISKA
Miloslav
1936

MIKOVA
Milada
1936

MORAVCOVA
Jitka
1940

MORAVEC
Vaclav
1931

MULAK
Karel
1930

MULAKOVA
Marie
1927

MULLER
Zdenek
1937

NERAD
Antonin
1928

NOVA
Alena
1938

NOVOTNA
Milada
1927

PEK
Antonin
1934

PELICHOVSKA
Emilie
1927

PELICHOVSKY
Vaclav
1932

PESEK
Josef
1934

PESKOVA
Anna
1936

PESKOVA
Jirina
1935

PETRAK
Miloslav
1931

PETRAK
Zdenek
1933

PETRAKOVA
Jirina
1927

PETRIK
Zdenek
1941

PITINOVA
Marie
1931

PODZEMAKY
Stepan
1938

PRUCHOVA
Vera
1926

PRIHODOVA
Josef
1930

PRIHODOVA
Anna
1926

PRIHODOVA
Jaroslava
1940

PUCHMELTROVA
Venceslava
1928

RADOSTA
Miloslav
1936

RAMES
Vaclav
1933

RAMESOVA
Jaroslava
1940

ROHLOVA
Bozena
1934

RUZENECKA
Jirina
1929

SEJE
Jiri
1936

SOUCKOVA
Jirina
1930

SOUCKOVA
Marie
1928

SOUCKOVA
Miloslav
1929

STRAKOVA
Jarmila
1939

STRAKOVA
Ludmila
1940

SUCHY
Josef
1941

SYSLOVA
Wiroslava
1928

SROUBEK
Josef
1934

SROUBKOVA
Marie
1927

STORKOVA
Jaroslava
1932

URBAN
Antonin
1930

URBANOVA
Vera
1937

VANDRDLE
Josef
1928

VESELA
Dagmar
1936

VLCEK
Karel
1935

ZELENKA
Jaromir
1940

ZID
Ivan
1934