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Jan Zajíc's Self-Immolation 57 Years Ago Commemorated

The 57th anniversary of Jan Zajíc's self-immolation in Prague is commemorated, recalling the 18-year-old student's sacrifice, which occurred a month after Jan Palach's, to protest the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.

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