conquestofbread-blog:Police detain protesters on January 15, 1989, 20 years after Palach’s suicide.
conquestofbread-blog:Police detain protesters on January 15, 1989, 20 years after Palach’s suicide. Demonstrations in his honor escalated into what would be known as “Palach Week,” mass protests against Czechoslovakia’s communist regime. The rallies were crucial in mobilizing support for the anticommunist protests of the Velvet Revolution later the same year. -- source link
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