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The young Jan Palach caught fire in Prague against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia

55
years ago

16 January 1969,

The young Txekoslovaquian Jan Palach committed suicide in Wenceslas Square in Prague. It was a protest against the Soviet invasion of the country. Czechoslovakia tried to reform socialism by Alexander Dubček, but the Warsaw Pact countries saw it badly and intervened.

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