In the Name of the Reich and the Czech Nation: Public Demonstrations Following the Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich
2012
Abstract
The article focuses on the events that immediately followed the assassination of the acting Reinhard Heydrich. The harsch repression, fear and uncertainty of the population of the Protectorate was accompanied by efforts on the part the occupying authorities to get the "Czech nation" to take part in showy declarations condemning the assassination and the Czechoslovak government in exile.
The article looks at the systematic organisation of these public demonstrations - which employed in the background Czech national motifs and symbols - in relation to the Czech population of the Protectorate.