Josef Gabčík was a Slovak soldier and paratrooper, one of the two main operatives behind Operation Anthropoid. Together with Jan Kubiš, he carried out the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Acting Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia, in Prague on 27 May 1942. He was killed on 18 June 1942 during the Nazi siege of the Cathedral of Saints Cyril and Methodius, where the paratroopers had taken refuge.
😴 Nothing scheduled with this artist in the near future.
70exhibitionMon 1.1.1918–1938: The First Republic – National Gallery Exhibition in Prague
70exhibitionWed 6.5.Tomáš Mitura – Chasing Shadows
69exhibitionWed 17.6.Sherlock Holmes: The Exhibition
63exhibitionMon 1.1.Old Masters I – Collection of Old Art Exhibition at Schwarzenberg Palace
63exhibitionMon 16.3.Lumia Gallery
63exhibitionThu 23.4.Žatec and the Landscape of Žatec Hops – Exhibition at the National Agricultural Museum
61exhibitionFri 13.2.Landscape Swept by Time
61exhibitionFri 15.5.Hurvinek's Playroom in Chrudim
60exhibitionFri 10.2.Art Life – Art for Life
60exhibitionMon 1.1.1956–1989: Architecture for All – NG Exhibition at the Trade Fair Palace
60exhibitionWed 1.1.Old Masters II: Exhibition at Šternberský Palace
60exhibitionTue 12.5.Czech Press Photo 2025 – Exhibition at the National Museum
A puppet theatre production about Operation Anthropoid and the assassination of Nazi Protector Reinhard Heydrich. The story of Czechoslovak paratroopers Jan Kubiš and Josef Gabčík.
A guided 2-hour walking tour exploring the sites of the 1942 assassination of Reichsprotektor Heydrich by paratroopers Gabčík and Kubiš, led by historian Jiří Hendrich.
A travelling exhibition about the 1942 assassination of Reinhard Heydrich and the heroism of Czechoslovak paratroopers. The exhibition traces the operation's preparation, the Nazi manhunt, and the tragic consequences for Czech villages and thousands of people.