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Jan Palach Memorial

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  • Address
    • Václavské náměstí Vyšehrad
  • Transport
    • Muzeum

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Lonely Planet review for Jan Palach Memorial

On 16 January 1969, university student Jan Palach set fire to himself and died in protest against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia the preceding August. The exact spot the martyr fell is marked by a wooden cross in the pavement that seems to have suffered a small earthquake beneath it. The 16 January is now commemorated annually.

 

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