Prague 3 - Žižkov, the Ohrada crossing

The Ohrada intersection was the furthest point of the German action against the Prague rebels in the direction from Český Brod. In the evening of 7 May after 6 p.m., a German battle group started an attack from the Na Pražačce school on the area of the Ohrada intersection. Control over the intersection would have enabled the German soldiers to connect with the German garrison of the Vítkov monument. They would have created a platform to attack the city centre through the present Koněvova Street and the back of the Třebešín transmitter through the present Jana Želivského Street. The Germans forced Czech population to act as human shields in front of the self-propelled guns, which prevented the barricaders from opening effective fire. The Germans also forced civilians to disassemble the barricades. From the hallway of house No. 1156/106, the twenty-two-year-old student Čeněk Tetauer hit the first self-propelled gun. Munitions began exploding in the vehicle, and the subsequent confusion was used by the Czech hostages to run away. The Germans retreated back to the Na Pražačce school. Then they sent negotiators, who agreed a ceasefire for entire 8 May in this section. In the evening of 8 May, the German garrison left the Na Pražačce school, and together with the battle group from outside of Prague they withdrew to Karlín.