Jan Palach - funeral

Czech university student Jan Palach set himself on fire in Wenceslas Square in Prague on January 16, 1969, as a political protest against the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. His funeral turned into a major mass protest against the occupation. The hearse carrying the coffin leads funeral procession of Jan Palach from the courtyard of Karolinum, official seat of Charles University, across Prague, January 25, 1969. (CTK Photo)

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