Jan Palach19 January 1969
Student Jan Palach sets himself on fire in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest the renewed suppression of free speech
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Student Jan Palach sets himself on fire in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest the renewed suppression of free speech
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