A Somber Memorial - Jan Palach
December 28th 2008 Just in front of the big National Museum at the upper end of Wenceslas Square there is a small memorial placed in the sidewalk. I am sure it is not noticed by many tourists, as it is not on the side where most tourists walk.
However, the Czechs know it is there and each time I have viewed the memorial there have been two fresh flowers resting on the memorial in memory of two young men who died
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André de Hooge
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I was in 2004 at these place!!!
In 2004 I made a bustrip to Prague, Budapest and Vienna!! In Prague I was at the place where Jan Palach put himself on fire in 1969!! It was at Wenceslassquare!! How tragic???