Show Czechs Hang Nazi For Lidice Crime PRAGUE May 22 INS The INS The Prague radio announced that Karl Hermann Frank first nazi of cabInet cabinet cabinet cabi cabI- net rank to be convicted of war I crimes died by hanging Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day in the Czechoslovakian capital With Franks Frank's death the Czechs had a a. measure of retribution for forthe forthe forthe the Infamous Lidice massacre of June 10 1942 I Frank was found responsible for forthe forthe the massacre which occurred while I he was protector of Bohemia Bohemia- y by I Moravia The court which court which sentenced him Tuesday heard testimony to the effect that Frank visited the ill ill- fated village at the time of the execution viewing the scores of corpses A witness said said- the nazi chieftain expressed a wish that corn should grow where Lidice stood All of Lidice's males over 16 years old numbering about were taken out and shot the women were removed to concentration tion camps and the children to scattered homes Finally the village village village vil vil- lage was laid waste The Lidice massacre was staged in revenge for tor the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich who preceded I Frank as ruler of or Czechoslovakia |