Ivančena
Sign in to saveIvančena is a stone cairn erected as a memorial for five Scouts, members of the , who were executed in April 1945 in Cieszyn, modern-day Poland, for their part in the Czech resistance to Nazi occupation during World War II. The monument is located on Lysá hora, a mountain in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids in the Czech Republic. Annually near Saint George's Day (23 April), Czech Scouts make a pilgrimage to the site.
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Ivančena is a stone cairn erected as a memorial for five Scouts, members of the , who were executed in April 1945 in Cieszyn, modern-day Poland, for their part in the Czech resistance to Nazi occupation during World War II. The monument is located on Lysá hora, a mountain in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids in the Czech Republic. Annually near Saint George's Day (23 April), Czech Scouts make a pilgrimage to the site.
==Background== The name Ivančena comes from the original owner of the place, Ivanka, and the cairn stands approximately about tall and long. During the time of communism, scouts, trampers, and others hiked to it while Scouting was illegal. The hikes were monitored by the then Czechoslovak communist secret police.
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