Životice (Havířov)

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Životice (Polish: Żywocice, German: Zywotitz) is a village in Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It was a municipality but after the expansion of the city of Havířov created in 1955 it became administratively a part of this city.

It is well-known for most notorious Nazi World War II war crime in Zaolzie area. It was a murder of 36 villagers in and around the village on 6 August 1944. This massacre is known as Tragedia Żywocicka in Polish or Životická tragédie in Czech (Żywocice tragedy).

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  • Zahradnik, Stanisław; and Marek Ryczkowski (1992). Korzenie Zaolzia. Warszawa - Praga - Trzyniec: PAI-press. 
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Coordinates: 49°46′8″N, 18°28′35″E

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