Vaclav Havel - VACLAV MALY - V victory sign
A brutal police action against peaceful march of students in Prague on November 17, 1989, sparked the Velvet Revolution, a series of demonstrations that toppled the authoritarian Communist regime in Czechoslovakia. Wearing his US Army parka Vaclav Havel flashes the V for victory sign while standing behind priest Vaclav Maly in the Melantrich publishing house which served as the Civic Forum headquarters during demonstrations in Wenceslas Square, November 22, 1989. CTK Photo/Pavel Hroch
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13797910
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45397584
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3723px x 2351px
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Credit
© CTK Photobank / Mary Evans
Source
Hroch Pavel - CTK
