On Jan. 16, Prague commemorates Jan Palach as his monument returns to the National Museum while a new book in English honors ...
Soviet troops had invaded the city five days earlier, bringing an end to the Prague Spring, a tentative attempt to liberalise the Communist system. Standing in the square, they only had time to raise ...
Palach’s memory will be commemorated later today at a traditional gathering outside the Philosophical Faculty of Charles University on Jan Palach Square, which is due to be attended by Prague Mayor ...