A Hero for Prague

This is the grave of Jan Palac. In protest of the 1968 Red Army occupation of Prague, Jan Palac doused himself with petrol on the steps of the National Museum in the city center and set himself on fire. 200,000 people gathered at the spot on the following day to air their grief and anger.

Prague: Take A Bow, The Iron Curtain Has Lifted!

June 3rd 2006
Deciding to leave the safe confines of a country where I speak the language, I headed off to East Midlands Airport near Nottingham and caught a flight to the Czech Republic. Flying into Prague was thrilling, except for the load of boisterous British men flying with me for some sort of stag party. I had never visited an eastern European city before and I wondered just how different it would be from ... read more

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Following the First World War, the closely related Czechs and Slovaks of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire merged to form Czechoslovakia. During the interwar years, the new country's leaders were frequently preoccupied with meeting the demands of ot... ... read more

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