This day commemorates two important events in modern history. In 1939 there was a riot by university students which was suppressed by the Nazi security forces. In connection with it, a commemorative gathering of students was planned in 1989, but it turned into an anti-regime demonstration and the overthrow of the communist regime in the former Czechoslovakia.  

Consular services will not be provided at the Embassy of Czechia in Seoul on this day due to the celebration of the public holiday.