Josef Valčík is remembered for his participation in Operation Anthropoid in 1942, the assassination of a high-ranking German Nazi official who chaired what?
Josef Valčík Josef Valčík (2 November 1914 – 18 June 1942) was a Czechoslovak military soldier and resistance fighter during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia. He was born in Valašské Klobouky. He is remembered for his participation in Operation Anthropoid in 1942, the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, German SS-Obergruppenführer and Deputy/Acting Reich-Protector of Bohemia and Moravia.
Operation Heads Operation Heads (Polish: "Operacja Główki" ) was the code name for a series of assassinations of Nazi officials by the Polish Resistance during World War II. Those targeted for assassination had been sentenced to death by the Special Courts of the Polish Underground for crimes against Polish citizens during the World War II occupation of Poland. The name of the operation, "Operation Heads", was a sarcastic reference to the Totenkopf (Gr. 'skull') 'Death's Head' symbol of SS Nazi German uniforms and headgear.