Memorial to Child Victims of War
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Just now you are standing in front of a unique project by Academic Sculptor Marie Uchytilová. The bronze sculpture called Memorial to Child Victims of War reminds us of the tragic fate of the Lidice children as well as all child victims of World War II. In 2000, the bronze sculpture was unveiled in the memorial site in Lidice thanks to significant financial donations both from the Czech Republic and abroad.
Marie Uchytilová finished it after twenty years of continual work in spring 1989. The first three sculptures were cast in bronze thanks to her spending her own money on it. However, she could not continue with further execution of her work, because she suddenly died on 16 November 1989.
Working on her life's work, Marie Uchytilová studied photos of the murdered children to capture not only their sizes and ages but also their individual natures.
Eighty-two larger-than-life statues remind us about the fate of the eighty-two Lidice children who died in the extermination camp at Chelmno, which lay in the territory of the then General Gouvernment.
Having not been found suitable for Germanization, they were sent to their death in gas vans.
Only nine Lidice children were given a chance, being handed over to German families in the Third Reich. Seven children under 12 months were put to the hospital in Prague-Krč. Only two out of six children born to Lidice women after the tragedy survived the hardships of the war. The newborn that came to see the light of day behind the walls of the concentration camp Ravensbrück were killed on the spot. Only 17 out of 105 Lidice children come back home after the war.
Marie Uchytilová finished it after twenty years of continual work in spring 1989. The first three sculptures were cast in bronze thanks to her spending her own money on it. However, she could not continue with further execution of her work, because she suddenly died on 16 November 1989.
Working on her life's work, Marie Uchytilová studied photos of the murdered children to capture not only their sizes and ages but also their individual natures.
Eighty-two larger-than-life statues remind us about the fate of the eighty-two Lidice children who died in the extermination camp at Chelmno, which lay in the territory of the then General Gouvernment.
Having not been found suitable for Germanization, they were sent to their death in gas vans.
Only nine Lidice children were given a chance, being handed over to German families in the Third Reich. Seven children under 12 months were put to the hospital in Prague-Krč. Only two out of six children born to Lidice women after the tragedy survived the hardships of the war. The newborn that came to see the light of day behind the walls of the concentration camp Ravensbrück were killed on the spot. Only 17 out of 105 Lidice children come back home after the war.
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