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Jan 16 • 07:07 UTC • 🇨🇿 Czechia • iRozhlas

‘A person must fight against the evil he can manage.’ 57 years ago Jan Palach self-immolated

Jan Palach self-immolated on January 16, 1969, in Prague to awaken a nation in a state of lethargy following the events of August 1968.

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