Kriminální komisař Richard Heidan (1893–1947) : Životní osudy posledního vedoucího gestapa v Olomouci

• Authors: Vojtěch Češík

Title variants

EN

Criminal Commissioner Richard Heidan (1893–1947) : The life story of the last head of the Gestapo in Olomouc

DE

Kriminalkommissar Richard Heidan (1893–1947) : Lebensschicksale des letzten Gestapoführers in Olomouc/Olmütz

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

This study aims to map the life story of Richard Heidan. This Gestapo official worked within Czech Lands territory over the whole period of the Nazi occupation. The study particularly focuses on the period between 1942 and 1945 when Heidan held the role of Head of the Gestapo’s Rural Office in Olomouc. Also outlined here the post-war investigation of him as part of retributive justice.

Keywords

EN

history; 20th century; Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia; Second World War; Olomouc; gestapo; retributive justice

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Moderní dějiny: sborník k dějinám 19. a 20. století (Modern History: Studies into 19th and 20th century history)
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 26
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 183-203
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Vojtěch Češík

• Moderní dějiny, redakce, Historický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Prosecká 76, 190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic