Jan Palach - funeral - procession

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. Palach's fellow students hold their arms as they walk in the funeral procession in Prague on January 25, 1969. (CTK Photo)

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