Jan Palach - funeral - procession - mirror

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. People crowding the streets use pocket mirrors to see funeral procession in Prague on January 25, 1969. CTK Photo

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Crowding Mirrors Normalization Pact Palach Wenceslas

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