Karel Čurda: The Czech Traitor Who Betrayed Hundreds to the Gestapo

World History: True Stories of the 20th Century · Jun 25, 2026 · 17m

Karel Čurda was a Czech resistance fighter whose betrayal helped the Nazis destroy much of the underground network behind Operation Anthropoid during World War II. Born into a modest South-Bohemian family, Čurda joined the Czechoslovak army and later escaped the Nazi occupation to fight abroad. After training with the British SOE, he returned to his homeland as part of Operation Out Distance. For a time, he moved through the underground network of safe houses, working alongside the very resistance that would later be destroyed because of him.

The turning point came after the assassination of…