Životiceⓘ (Polish: Żywociceⓘ, German: Zywotitz, formerly Ziwotitz) is a village in Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic.

[4][5] Politically it belonged then to the Duchy of Teschen, a fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia, which after 1526 became part of the Habsburg monarchy.

According to the censuses conducted in 1880, 1890, 1900 and 1910 the population of the municipality dropped from 383 in 1880 to 606 in 1910 with the majority being native Polish-speakers (growing from 97.1% in 1880 to 99.3% in 1910) accompanied by a small German-speaking minority (at most 12 or 2.6% in 1900) Czech-speaking (at most 6 or 1.6% in 1880).

Following the Munich Agreement, in October 1938 together with the Zaolzie region it was annexed by Poland, administratively adjoined to Cieszyn County of Silesian Voivodeship.

The Landwache and Gestapo officers from Teschen and Kattowitz combed the village, dragged residents out of their houses and shot them nearby.

The massacre was directed by Q. Magwitz, the commander of the Teschen headquarters of Gestapo, and targeted civilians who were not involved in the resistance.

When the massacre was over, the corpses were loaded on trucks and carried to the old Jewish cemetery in Orlová, where they were dumped in a common grave.

On 25 September 1949, a memorial by Franciszek Świder, a Karviná-based Polish sculptor, was unveiled to commemorate the massacre victims.