On a freezing January day in 1969, a 20-year-old college student named Jan Palach set himself on fire in Wenceslas Square in the heart of Prague, a startling act that sent ripples throughout the ...

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czechs marked the 50th anniversary on Wednesday of student Jan Palach setting himself on fire in central Prague in a desperate act aimed at lifting the apathy hanging over the ...

PRAGUE – Czechs marked the 50th anniversary on Wednesday of student Jan Palach setting himself on fire in central Prague in a desperate act aimed at lifting the apathy hanging over the country in the ...

Jan Palach was a student activist who burnt himself to death 50 years ago this week to protest at the Soviet-led occupation of then Czechoslovakia. “He loved history and he was also interested in ...

Czechs have been marking 50 years since student Jan Palach set himself on fire in downtown Prague in an act of revolt in the aftermath of the 1968 Soviet-led invasion. Palach, who was 20, went to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flowers are placed next to a memorial plaque commemorating Jan Palach at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, January 16, ...