Životice

Životice (help·info) (Polish: Żywocice (info), German: Zywotitz, Žywotitz, formerly Ziwotitz) is a village in Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It was a separate municipality but after the expansion of the city of Havířov created in 1955 it became administratively a part of this city in 1960. It has a population of 1,064 (2007). It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. It is well-known for most notorious Nazi World War II war crime in Zaolzie area - the Żywocice tragedy. The small village was a scene of a cruel event in 1944. On 6 August 1944, 36 residents of Zivotice and neighbouring villages were shot dead. This number makes it the largest liquidation operation within Těšin Silesia during World...