On May 27, 1942, Czechoslovak paratroopers Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš assassinated a high-ranking SS official, Reinhard Heydrich, the Reich-Protector of Bohemia and Moravia. The decision to assassinate Heydrich was made right after he assumed the position of Deputy Reich Protector for the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in place of Konstantin von Neurath on […]