Current Events June 25, 1926: VENGENCE PREVAILS IN CZECH VILLAGES

       The Bakersfield Californian                  
BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1942

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Nazis Wipe Out2nd Czech Town
LONDON, June 25. (A. P.)—
The Czech community of Lesaty In Bohemia has been razed by the Nazis on the accusation ,that the villagers helped parachutists involved in the slaying of Rcinhard Heydrich, protector of Bohemia-Morn via, it was reported today in Budapest radio broadcast heard by a Czech government listener here. The,Vichy French News Service quoted the Prague announcement saying all the adult male population was executed. Lesaty was described as a community of about 100 inhabitants. This was the second village wiped out by the Germans in vengeance for the death of Heydrich, the Germans having reported June10 they had slain the male population of Lidice, near Prague, sent the women to concentration camps and the children to "educational institutions.