Lidice: a Czech tragedy’s enduring legacy, as marked in Mexico and embodied in girls’ names

June 10 marks the anniversary of the Lidice massacre, ordered by Hitler in retaliation for the assassination of Nazi governor Reinhard Heydrich by Czechoslovak paratroopers. The atrocity struck a particularly deep chord in Mexico, among the first countries to pay tribute to the 340 innocent victims, where many girls were named ‘Lídice’ in their memory.