Karel Čurda
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Karel Čurda (October 10, 1911, Nová Hlína near Třeboň — April 29, 1947, Prague) was a Czech World War II soldier from the Czechoslovak army in exile. He was parachuted into the protectorate in 1941 as a member of the sabotage group "Out Distance". He is known for his betrayal of the Czech assassins of top Nazi Reinhard Heydrich in Prague (see Operation Anthropoid). His rewards were 1 million Reichsmark, a new German cover name "Karl Jerhot" and a German wife. After the war, Čurda was sentenced to death for treason and hanged.