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The Operation Anthropoid Memorial is a monument in Libeň, Prague which commemmorates Operation Anthropoid, the assassination of senior Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich by Czechoslovakian partisans on 27 May 1942. == Design and construction == Operation Anthropoid had never served as the basis of a sculpture or public work of art. On 14 April 2008 the city district Prague 8 announced its intention to hold a one-round competition, open to the public, for the design of a memorial to Operation Anthropoid and to Jan Kubiš and Josef Gabčík. One of the chief design requirements for the memorial was that it should not merely commemorate one of the most successful actions of the Czechoslovak resistance during World War II, but that it should also serve as a tribute to the virtues embodied in the Czechoslovak military tradition – a commitment to one's oath of duty, and to the defence one’s nation even at the cost of one's own life. Twenty proposals were submitted. On 27 May 2008, the anniversary of the Operation Anthropoid, a proposal was chosen. The authors of the winning proposal were artists David Moješčík and Michal Šmeral, and architects Miroslava Tůmová and Jiří Gulbis. Moješčík and Šmeral had collaborated on various projects in connection with "public art". The memorial was to be located on the actual site of the assassination. Work on the memorial began immediately thereafter. On 27 May 2009 at 10:35 a.m. – the exact time of the assassination – a celebratory unveiling of the completed memorial was held. The figures are manufactured from bronze cast from a clay-modelled statue. The column is made of welded steel enclosed by corten steel. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Anthropoid Operation Memorial」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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