Execution of Traitor Who Betrayed Czech Assassins of Heydrich: Čurda

Video Description

Narrator: Marchand Steenkamp. About the story: Karel Čurda’s story is one of the darkest and most tragic betrayals of the Second World War. Born into a modest South-Bohemian family, Čurda joined the Czechoslovak army and later escaped the Nazi occupation to fight abroad. After training with the British SOE, he returned to his homeland as part of Operation Out Distance. For a time, he moved through the underground network of safe houses, working alongside the very resistance that would later be destroyed because of him. The turning point came after the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the “Butcher of Prague,” on 27 May 1942. As the Nazis unleashed brutal reprisals—mass arrests, executions, and the annihilation of Lidice and Ležáky—Čurda panicked and went into hiding. Terrified by German threats and tempted by the enormous reward, he walked into the Gestapo office on 16 June 1942 and gave a detailed statement identifying key resistance members and safe houses. His testimony led directly to the discovery of the paratroopers’ hiding place and the bloody siege at the Orthodox Church in Prague. Čurda was rewarded with money, a new identity, and German citizenship. He then served the Gestapo by posing as a newly arrived agent, betraying patriots who believed he was one of them. Hundreds of resistance fighters were tortured, executed, or sent to Mauthausen because of him. Entire families perished. After the war, Čurda was arrested, tried for treason, and sentenced to death. On 29 April 1947, at the age of thirty-five, he was hanged in Pankrác Prison—remembered today as one of the most infamous collaborators in Czech history. Join World History channel and get access to benefits: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKKy_pNKZBX4KcCct8505HA/join Disclaimer: All opinions and comments below are from members of the public and do not reflect the views of World History channel. We do not accept promoting violence or hatred against individuals or groups based on attributes such as: race, nationality, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation. World History has right to review the comments and delete them if they are deemed inappropriate. ► CLICK the SUBSCRIBE button for more interesting clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKKy_pNKZBX4KcCct8505HA/?sub_confirmation=1 #WWII #ww2 #nazi #history #holocaust #documentary #europe #czechoslovakia #prague #protectorate #lidicemassacre #lidice #adolfhitler #warcriminals #warcrime #collaborators #worldhistory #history #worldwar2videos Karel Čurda biography, Holocaust in Czechoslovakia, Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, Nazi SS, Nazi war crimes, WW2 war crimes, War trials, Nazi criminals, War criminals, War criminals WW2, German war crimes, Occupation of Czechoslovakia, Sudetenland, German Invasion of Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic WW2, German Occupation of Czechoslovakia, Annexation of Czechoslovakia, Germany invades Czechoslovakia, When did Germany invade Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovakia resistance WW2, Nazi collaborator, Czech resistance, Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Pankrác Prison Prague, Lidice and Ležáky, Operation Anthropoid , Nazi traitor, Jan Kubis and Jozef Gabcik, SOE, Special Operations Executive, Nazi Gestapo,