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Jan 19, 1969: Czech Student Self-Immolates

Today in True Crime

English - January 19, 2021 08:01 - 13 minutes - ★★★★ - 2.3K ratings
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20-year-old Jan Palach died three days after setting himself on fire in a protest against Soviet invasion. The act was a rallying cry for his country then, and again twenty years later during the fall of Czechoslovakia’s communist regime. 

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20-year-old Jan Palach died three days after setting himself on fire in a protest against Soviet invasion. The act was a rallying cry for his country then, and again twenty years later during the fall of Czechoslovakia’s communist regime. 


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