Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 15:42:31 +0200Prague hopes to turn ex-hospital where Jan Palach died into ‘Museum of Totalitarianism’https://english.radio.cz/prague-hopes-turn-ex-hospital-where-jan-palach-died-museum-totalitarianism-8141828© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalFifty years ago this January, Jan Palach doused himself in petrol and set himself alight on Wenceslas Square to protest the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia. Prague City Hall is now looking to buy the former hospital where he died – slated to become a luxury hotel – and turn it into a “museum of totalitarianism”.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/palach_vyroci_1.jpg?timestamp=1590480658 Prague hopes to turn ex-hospital where Jan Palach died into ‘Museum of Totalitarianism’ https://english.radio.cz/prague-hopes-turn-ex-hospital-where-jan-palach-died-museum-totalitarianism-8141828 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9