Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:12:13 +0200Monument unveiled to Polish 'human torch' protestor against Soviet invasionhttps://english.radio.cz/monument-unveiled-polish-human-torch-protestor-against-soviet-invasion-8570952© 2026 Radio Prague International A monument was unveiled in Prague on Friday morning to Ryszard Siwiec, the Polish man who set himself alight in September 1968 in protest at his country’s participation in the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia. Siwiec committed suicide in Warsaw just weeks after the invasion and six months before the Czech student Jan Palach made his own terrible sacrifice in Prague. The monument was unveiled on the eve of the 42nd anniversary of the invasion. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/siwiec_pomnik.jpg?timestamp=1591284719 Monument unveiled to Polish 'human torch' protestor against Soviet invasion https://english.radio.cz/monument-unveiled-polish-human-torch-protestor-against-soviet-invasion-8570952 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9