Three Kings ( cs, Tři králové) was a Czech resistance group from 1939 to 1942. Its members were Josef Mašín (murdered by SS Einsatzgruppen on the orders of

Reinhard Heydrich Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich ( ; ; 7 March 1904 – 4 June 1942) was a high-ranking German SS and police official during the Nazi era and a principal architect of the Holocaust. He was chief of the Reich Security Main Office (inclu ...

in 1942),

Václav Morávek Václav Morávek (8 August 1904 – 21 March 1942) was a Czechoslovak Brigadier General and national hero, one of the best known personalities of the Czech antinazi rezistance and a member of the famous resistance group called the ''Three Kin ...

(killed in action in 1942), and

Josef Balabán Josef Balabán (5 June 1894 – 3 October 1941) was a Czechoslovak soldier known for his involvement in the resistance movement against Nazi Germany during World War II. Life Balabán born in Obora gamekeeper's lodge in Dobříš. During Wor ...

(executed in 1941). The group was established in 1939 when

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annexed Czechoslovakia. Their most important task was upholding radio contact with František Moravec in Great Britain.

In popular culture

Seven part television series

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was filmed and broadcast in 1998. The group appears in 2017 film The Man with the Iron Heart. Czech resistance groups {{Czechoslovakia-mil-stub