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This study aims to map the life story of Richard Heidan. This Gestapo official worked within Czech Lands territory over the whole period of the Nazi occupation. The study particularly focuses on the period between 1942 and 1945 when Heidan held the role of Head of the Gestapo’s Rural Office in Olomouc. Also outlined here the post-war investigation of him as part of retributive justice.