Czechs in History Jan Palach – the student whose self-immolation still haunts Czechs today
In this edition of Czechs in History, we take a look at the controversial legacy of Jan Palach. This young Czech history student shocked the world after setting himself on fire in the centre of Prague in protest at the Soviet-led invasion of communist Czechoslovakia in 1968, which crushed the democratic reform movement known as the “Prague Spring”.
Jan Palach
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