Remembering Jan Palach
19.01.2015 / 15:15 | Aktualizováno: 25.02.2015 / 15:55
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46 years ago, on 19 January 1969, a Czech student Jan Palach passed away four days after he set himself on fire to protest against public lethargy following the invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.
Deputy Ambassador Antonin Hradilek was am...ong those who honoured the memory of Jan Palach at a ceremony organised by the Board of Trustees of Velehrad together with the Embassy of the Czech Republic on January 18, 2015.
During the discussion evening that was held after the remembrance service, the participants shared their memories of Jan Palach and his death in January 1969.