The name of a small village near Prague and 7 km East of Kladno could be erased from the map of the world forever. today, the village looks at the world through the eyes of 82 bronze children. the horror of the terrible deeds of the Second world war was forever frozen in the wide-open eyes.

The author of the monument to the children of Lidice, sculptor Maria Ukhitilova, died in 1989 before work on the memorial was completed. The monument was completed by other artists only in 2000.

The memorial consists of 82 life-size bronze children's figures. They seemed to be lined up at the final line, waiting for their fate.

It was decided to liquidate the village completely. On the night of June 10, 1942, Lidice was surrounded by Gestapo and police officers. 173 men were shot, 184 women were sent to the Ravensbruck concentration camp, 82 children were sent to the Chełmno extermination camp and died in gas chambers. The Nazis razed the village to the ground. The terrain of the place was also changed: the pond was filled in, the riverbed was shifted. Where the village used to be was now a bare plain.

The burning of the village of Lidice by the Nazis was retribution for the murder of the Imperial Protector of Bohemia and Moravia, Reinhard Heydrich. The unconfirmed facts became a cause for great rage.

Thanks to significant international support, Lidice was restored after the tragedy-in a place near the destroyed settlement.

In 1949, the first houses were built. A memorial and Museum were created on the site of the mass grave of Lidice residents. In 1955, the memorial garden of Peace opened with rose bushes from 32 countries. Today there are about 200 houses in the village. And only 82 pairs of children's eyes make you stop and think about the dramatic history of this place.