Jan Palach

Jan Palach was a Czech student of history and political economy at Charles University in Prague. His self-immolation was a political protest against the end of the Prague Spring... Wikipedia

• Born:  August 11, 1948, Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
• Died:  January 19, 1969, Prague, Czechoslovakia
• Cause of death:  Burns from self-immolation
• Resting place:  Olšany Cemetery
• Nationality:  Czech
• Alma mater:  Charles University
• Occupation:  student
• Known for:  self-immolation after the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia
• Awards:  Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (in memoriam)
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo