She has since moved back to Lidice where she worked for the Lidice National Committee.

BBC: Marie Supikova

In 1942 Lidice was destroyed as a reprisal for the assassination of senior Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich.

BBC: Stoke-on-Trent memorial to Czech village Lidice

Nearly 180 men were executed there and many women and children from Lidice were murdered in concentration camps.

BBC: Lidice

Dashyline also wants Stoke residents to spread the story of Lidice and the city's part in rebuilding the village.

BBC: Stoke-on-Trent memorial to Czech village Lidice

Lidice, in what was Czechoslovakia, was demolished by German forces in September 1942.

BBC: Stoke-on-Trent memorial to Czech village Lidice

Ms Supikova went to live with her aunt in the city of Kladno, where a number of Lidice survivors had settled.

BBC: Marie Supikova

People in Stoke-on-Trent raised funds to help reconstruct the village of Lidice near Prague after it was destroyed on 10 June 1942.

BBC: Lidice

Mr Lingwood said the mayor of Stoke-on-Trent, Terry Crowe, would be attending a service in Lidice, while deputy mayor, Sheila Pitt, will attend the service in Stoke-on-Trent.

BBC: Lidice

One of the artists, Sarah Nadin, from Dashyline studios, said the sculpture was due to be unveiled on 6 September to mark the 71st anniversary of the city's campaign to rebuild Lidice.

BBC: Stoke-on-Trent memorial to Czech village Lidice