Memorial to students’ revolution restored after changes

A Czech artist transformed the memorial to the student revolution of November 17 1989 in Prague’s Národní Třída. Roman Týc added plaques showing hands making the Nazi salute and the one finger sign with the dates November 17, 1939 and November 17, 2009 underneath on either side of the original plaque. This shows hands making the ‘V’ for victory sign with the date of the start of the Velvet Revolution which overthrew Communism underneath. The magnetic additions were removed by authorities on Monday. Týc in the past transformed Prague traffic lights by adding figures such as a hanging man and was part of a group that hijacked a Czech television broadcast to show images of an atom bomb explosion.