Palach Week
15. 1. 1989-21. 1. 1989
On Sunday, 15 January 1989, representatives of independent initiatives attempted to honour the memory of Jan Palach on Wenceslas Square. The then security forces brutally intervened against them and all those present. Further demonstrations followed, again brutally repressed.
Articles (69)
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Helena Bartíková
* 1955
Richard Borovský
* 1958
Jan Burian
* 1952
Hubert Bystřičan
* 1942
9. 12. 1944 attack on the guerrilla bunker in Morávka village, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 2 more anniversaries
Ondřej Černý
* 1966 †︎ 2023
Stanislav Devátý
* 1952
Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, Hidden people, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person
19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 24. 4. 1978 – Formation of Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Prosecuted, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 1 more anniversaries
