Jan Palach
Czechoslovak political activist
Jan Palach was a Czech student of history and political economics at Charles University in Prague. His self-immolation was a political protest against the end of the Prague Spring resulting from the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw... Wikipedia
Born: August 11, 1948, Prague, Czechia
Died: January 19, 1969 (age 20 years), Prague, Czechia
Parents: Libuse Palachová and Josef Palach
Buried: October 25, 1990, Olšany Cemetery, Prague, Czechia
Education: Faculty of Arts (1968–1969) and Charles University
Award: Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Order (in memoriam)
Known for: self-immolation after the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia