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Josef Valčík (pronounced [ˈjozɛv ˈval̩tʃiːk]; 2 November 1914 – 18 June 1942) was a Czech army officer and member of the Resistance in German-occupied Czechoslovakia. He took part in the firefight during the aftermath of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich by Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš, code named Operation Anthropoid.
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Josef Valčík (pronounced [ˈjozɛv ˈval̩tʃiːk]; 2 November 1914 – 18 June 1942) was a Czech army officer and member of the Resistance in German-occupied Czechoslovakia. He took part in the firefight during the aftermath of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich by Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš, code named Operation Anthropoid.
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Life Josef Valčík was born in the village of Smolina in Moravia, Austria-Hungary (now part of Valašské Klobouky, Czech Republic). He is buried at the Ďáblice Cemetery in Prague.
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Operation Anthropoid SS-Obergruppenführer Heydrich, a high-ranking German Nazi official, was chief of the Reich Security Main Office and one of the main architects of the Holocaust. He was also Stellvertretender Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia in 1942. The Germans were unable to locate the attackers until Karel Čurda of the "Out Distance" sabotage group turned himself in to the Gestapo and gave them the names of the team's local contacts for the reward of one million Reichsmarks. Valčík and the others died after a six-hour firefight with Waffen-SS troops and German police in the Saints Cyril and Methodius Cathedral.
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Family Fourteen members of Valčík's family were arrested, brought to Mauthausen concentration camp and executed. Parents Jan Valčík (1880–1942) and Veronika Valčík (1888–1942) Brother Antonín Valčík (1919–1942) and sister Ludmila Valčíková (1923–1942) Sister Terezia Beňová (1912–1942) with husband Jan Beňa (1908–1942) Sister Marie Kolaříková (1917–1942) with husband Josef Kolařík (1914–1942) Sister Františka Sívková (1911–1942) with husband František Sívek (1910–1942) Brother Alois Valčík (1908–1942) with wife Anna Valčíková (1907–1942) Brother Emil Valčík (1909–1942) with wife Anna Valčíková (1911–1942)
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Honours 1942 – – Czechoslovak War Cross 1939–1945 1942 – – Second Czechoslovak War Cross 1939–1945 in memoriam 1944 – – Commemorative Medal of the Czechoslovak Army Abroad with France and Great Britain Bars 1945 – – Third Czechoslovak War Cross 1939–1945 in memoriam 1949 – – Czechoslovak Military Order for Freedom, Gold Star 1968 – – Order of the Red Banner 2010 – – Cross of Merit of the State Defense