On May 27, 1942, three Czechoslovakian resistance fighters ambushed and fatally wounded the brutal Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich, also known as "the Hangman." The Nazis were outraged by the attack on one of their own. In a fury, they rounded up and shot all the men and boys over sixteen in Lidice, a small Czechoslovakian town known to be a center of the resistance. The remaining women and

Question

children were shipped to concentration camps with orders that they be treated harshly. The village of Lidice was burned to the ground. The remaining rubble was bulldozed so that no evidence of its existence was left. By the time the Nazis were done, it was as if Lidice had never existed, which was the way the Nazis wanted it. They even went so far as to dig up bodies in the cemetery and burn them before setting fire to the village.

Implied Main Idea

a. The destruction of Lidice is a good illustration of how the Nazis tried to hide their horrific cruelty.
b. In retaliation for the murder of Reinhard Heydrich, the Nazis wiped the entire village of Lidice, including its inhabitants, out of existence.
c. Reinhard Heydrich was one of the worst monsters the Nazis ever produced.

Answer 1

b