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Remembering Jan Palach: 57 years since his self-immolation
On January 16, Czechs mark 57 years since Jan Palach set himself alight in the centre of Prague. The twenty-year-old student’s shocking act was intended to rouse Czechoslovak society from growing apathy in the wake of the Soviet occupation of August 1968.
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By Radio Prague InternationalOn January 16, Czechs mark 57 years since Jan Palach set himself alight in the centre of Prague. The twenty-year-old student’s shocking act was intended to rouse Czechoslovak society from growing apathy in the wake of the Soviet occupation of August 1968.