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The Death of Jan Palach
In January 1969, a student set himself alight in protest at the crushing of the Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia. His funeral became a silent protest against Soviet rule.
In January 1969 a student set himself alight in protest at the crushing of the Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia. Soviet tanks had rolled into the country the year before to bring an end to liberalising reforms. Jan Palach's funeral became, briefly, a rallying point for opposition to Soviet rule.
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