Heydrich, Gabcik, Kubis Prague Memento

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STONE RELATED TO HEYDRICH ASSASSINATION

AN ACTUAL PIECE OF
LIMESTONE FROM THE
ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL
ST. CYRIL AND
METHODIUS
IN PRAG

The crypt beneath the Orthodox cathedral St. Cyril and Methodius on Resslova Strasse in central Prag (Praha, Prague) is where the Czech commandos who mortally wounded Deputy Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich were hidden until the Gestapo (Geheime Staatspolizei or Secret State Police) located Secret State Police) located them.

The Czech commandos, Josef Gabcik and Jan Kubis, were trained as spies and assassins by the British Special Operations Executive (S.O.E.) in England and parachuted into Czechoslovakia late in 1941. On 27 May 1942 they tossed a large grenade against the side of SS-3, the open Mercedes-Benz automobile in which Heydrich was being driven to his office, inflicting wounds on the Nazi SS-Obergruppenführer that took his life in the early morning hours of 4 June 1942.

Joining other anti-Nazi Czech agents hiding from the Gestapo in the crypt beneath Orthodox cathedral St. Cyril and Methodius on Resslova Street, Gabcik and Kubis lived in relative safety until they were exposed by one of their own, Czech commando Karel Curda. Gestapo and Waffen-SS troops quickly surrounded the church and a fierce gun battle ensued.

At the end of the day Gabcik and Kubis saved their last bullets for themselves, committing suicide in the crypt beneath the church just prior to capture.

The 3-3/4 x 4-3/4 inch piece of limestone in this 1 x 5 x 6 inch display box is an absolutely authentic piece of the cathedral St. Cyril and Methodius on Resslova Street that was removed from the area a few feet in front of the crypt when a public access was being added in April 1995.

The stone is decorated with a beautifully die-struck bronze miniature Czech parachutists wings bearing an orthodox cross in white enamel on the parachute. Beneath the wings is a brief story of the stone as well as that of Gabcik, Kubis and the death of Heydrich.

The item comes complete with a notarized certificate of authenticity signed by Ray Cowdery, author of the book “Reinhard Heydrich: Assassination!”, and an autographed copy of the book.

Very good condition.

This stone from St. Cyril and Methodius on Resslova Strasse in Prague is
**SOLD**.

Other Reinhard Heydrich material offered for sale on this website:

- Genuine oil painting of SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich.

- Original September 1941 proclamation by Heydrich, death sentences for high treason.

- Framed material related to Reinhard Heydrich's life and untimely death.

- Völkischer Beobachter newspaper announcing May 1942 attack on Reinhard Heydrich.

- Czech commando / British SOE spy material.

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