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25 Dollars - Elizabeth II Lidice and Ležáky massacres
| Issuer | Tuvalu |
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| Year | 2017 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a poignant scene of the aftermath of the 1942 destruction of Lidice and Ležáky, showing two surviving figures from the original family of five against the backdrop of the razed, smoldering village. In the foreground, a child is depicted being separated from its mother, conveying the human tragedy of the Nazi massacres. The inscription VYHLAZENÍ OBCÍ LIDICE A LEŽÁKY 1942 appears as the principal legend, commemorating the annihilation of the two Czech villages. The composition is rendered in detailed relief with an artistic, narrative style characteristic of Czech Mint commemorative issues. |
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| Edge | Smooth |
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Lidice was razed to the ground on June 10, 1942, in direct reprisal for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich — the men shot, the women deported to Ravensbrück, the children gassed at Chełmno. Ležáky followed eleven days later. The village name was physically erased from German maps. Czechoslovakia-in-exile under Beneš used both massacres aggressively in Allied diplomatic channels, and the destruction of Lidice specifically prompted the British government to formally repudiate the Munich Agreement.
Tuvalu issues commemoratives of this type through the Perth Mint under licensing arrangements that have nothing to do with geographic or political connection to the subject matter.