Lidice was a mining community in what is now the Czech republic. In June 1942, as a reprisal for the assasination of Riech Protector Reinhard Heydrich, all man over the age of 15 were executed and most of the women and children were deported to conentration camps. The village was set on fire and any remains demolished, even animals in the village were slaughtered. In total 340 people died and after the war only 153 women and 17 children returned.
In Stoke-on-Trent, miners led by Dr Barnett Stross, created an organisation called "Lidice Shall Live" in order to raise funds to rebuild the village after the war. In total £32,000 (Approximately worth £1.2 million in 2017) was raised by the miners, and the rebuilding work began in 1947.
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