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Remembering Jan Palach

1/16/2015

On January 16, 1969, Jan Palach committed suicide by self-immolation as a political protest against the end of the Prague Spring resulting from the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw Pact armies.

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Happy Birthday to a Czech Hero

1/14/2015

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Happy 105th Birthday to Sir Nicholas Winton. To know more about his efforts to save the lives of children during World War Two, take a listen to our Bohemican Podcast on the "Kindertransport to Freedom":

http://bohemican.podhoster.com/index.php?pid=41651