 Members of the "Ordnungspolizei" and SD ("Sicherheitsdienst") surrounded the village of Lidice, blocking all avenues of escape.The Nazi regime chose this village because its residents were suspected of harbouring local resistance partisans and were falsely associated with aiding Operation Anthropoid team members.All men of the village were rounded up and taken to the farm of the Horák family on the edge of the village.