On the 16th of January 2009, it will be 40 years from the self-burning of Jan Palach. He committed this act in protest against the progressing lethargy and pusillanimity of the Czechoslovak nation following the occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968.
Dagmar Burešová
Self
Jiřina Šiklová
Self
Jiří Palach
Self
Jaroslava Tvrzníková
Commentary (voice)
Jiří Ornest
Commentary (voice)
On the 16th of January 2009, it will be 40 years from the self-burning of Jan Palach. He committed this act in protest against the progressing lethargy and pusillanimity of the Czechoslovak nation following the occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968.
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