Past and Present

Jan Palach's Tragic Spring (2x42)

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Episode dedicated to the young Czechoslovak student Jan Palach: from the election of Alexander Dubček as Secretary of the Czechoslovak Communist Party, which marked the beginning of the "Prague Spring", to the harsh military reaction of the USSR that invaded the country, up to sacrifice of Jan Palach and his peers, who decide to set themselves on fire in Wenceslas Square in protest against the invasion.