Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 06:32:48 +0200Monday marks 80th anniversary of death of Jan Opletal, symbol of Czech resistance to Nazishttps://english.radio.cz/monday-marks-80th-anniversary-death-jan-opletal-symbol-czech-resistance-nazis-8115789© 2026 Radio Prague International November 11 is the 80th anniversary of the death of Jan Opletal, a Prague student who had been gunned down at an anti-Nazi demonstration in the city a fortnight earlier. Opletal became a symbol of Czech resistance to the German occupation and a march held in his honour helped spark the Velvet Revolution five decades after his death. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/opletal_pohreb_0.jpg?timestamp=1731668972 Monday marks 80th anniversary of death of Jan Opletal, symbol of Czech resistance to Nazis https://english.radio.cz/monday-marks-80th-anniversary-death-jan-opletal-symbol-czech-resistance-nazis-8115789 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9