Jan Palach
Deceased Person
1948 – 1969
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Who was Jan Palach?
Jan Palach was a Czech student of history and political economy at Charles University. He committed suicide by self-immolation as a political protest against the end of the Prague Spring resulting from the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw Pact armies.
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- Born
- Aug 11, 1948
Prague - Nationality
- Czechoslovakia
- Education
- Charles University in Prague
- Lived in
- Prague
- Died
- Jan 19, 1969
Prague
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on July 23, 2013
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