Jan Palach - last respects - candles - flowers
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. Another student Jan Zajic burned himself to death in the same place on February 25, 1969, followed by Evzen Plocek in April 1969 in Jihlava. People lay flowers at St.Wenceslas monument to honour Jan Palach. CTK Photo/Alexandr Hampl
Picture No
13801721
Media ID
45410015
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2395px x 2431px
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Credit
© CTK Photobank / Mary Evans
Source
Alexandr Hampl - CTK
