Heydrich assassination

After donning the Czech crown, Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich's fate was supposedly sealed. On May 27, 1942 Heydrich was riding in his open-top car through the streets of Prague on his way to the castle. At a particular intersection along his usual route, there is a sharp turn that coincides with a tram stop. As his car passed this point, two Czech soldiers jumped out an ambushed him.
The Czech soldiers, Jan Kubis and Jozef Gabcik, were paratroopers who had fled the country in 1941 and trained with the RAF. Gabcik stepped in front of the car and tried to open fire with some sort of machine gun. But the gun jammed and wouldn't fire. Instead of having his driver flee, Heydrich decided to pursue Gabcik on foot. However, as he was exiting the car, Kubis threw some sort of grenade at the car. It didn't hit directly hit the car, but it was close enough that it sent shrapnel flying, some of which hit Heydrich. Heydrich continued to chase Gabcik before collapsing. He died about a week later from infections he picked up from the shrapnel. Heydrich was apparently well liked by Hitler. In fact, Hitler had eyed him as his successor. Hitler was furious about his death and vowed to get revenge on the Czech people.
The two Czech soldiers fled and hid out in a church near Karlovo Namesti. Their location was betrayed by the son of a supporter of the opposition movement, after some grim torture/interrogation of his family. The Nazi troops stormed the church where the men were hiding. This is the church that Jason and I visited on Saturday. There's a memorial set up outside, and you can still see the bullet holes from the Nazi's attack. The men were hiding in the crypt and apparently the Nazis tried to flood it to force them out/drown them. The men committed suicide to prevent surrendering to the Nazis. The clergy at the church were also executed by the Nazis for supporting the opposition movement.
Jason and I also found out that the church has a museum about the events. Unfortunately, the museum closed just as we arrived, so we'll have to go back another time.
The death of the two responsible soldiers was not enough to appease Hitler's anger. He targeted two towns that were connected to the opposition: Lidice and Lezaky. Hitler had all males over the age of 16 in both towns executed on the spot. The women and children were all sent to concentration camps. The entire town of Lidice was leveled and burned.
The Czechs still debate whether their act of rebellion was worth it.