Lidice Shall Live |
The Lidice Monument is in the memory of Lidice, a village in Czechoslovakia. The monument is listed in the Wisconsin Register of Historical Places. The village of Lidice was razed to the ground and the landscape altered (rivers were even diverted) to remove its very existence by the Nazi Gestapo. It is recorded that 173 men perished to avenge the murder of the sadistic "protector" of occupied Czechoslovakia. The Gestapo dragged the inhabitants of Lidice from their homes, shot all men over 16 and condemned women to a living death in concentration camps while their children were sent away to become "Germanized." Although the entire world reacted to the WWII atrocity, only two such memorials exist in the United States. The monument was completed and dedicated in 1944. After repairing the monument from the 1977 "Downburst", the monument was rededicated in June 1984. This special monument is located at the Sokol Park in Phillips on Fifield Street, one block off of Hwy 13. (Behind Timber Inn Motel). For more information on Lidice. Every year the Phillips community remembers those who have suffered so much at a special ecumenical service. See home page for date, time, and location for this years service.
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