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Commemorating a Martyr: The Jan Palach Memorial in Všetaty

  • In October 2019, a new memorial was opened in the former family house of Jan Palach in the small Czech town of Všetaty. With an impressive architecture and a small exhibition, the memorial commemorates the student who, in January 1969, set himself on fire to protest the communist regime. The article places its review of the memorial in the wider history of Palach commemoration in the Czech Republic.

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Document Type:Article
DOI:https://doi.org/10.25626/0109
Creator and project details
Author:Jakub JarešGND
Editor:Joachim von PuttkamerGND, Michal KopečekGND, Włodzimierz BorodziejGND
Publishing Institution:Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung – Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
Title details
Title (English):Commemorating a Martyr: The Jan Palach Memorial in Všetaty
Parent Title (English):Cultures of History Forum
Release Date:2020/08/24
Date of Publication (online):2020/05/18
Date of first Publication:2020/02/25
Language:English
Subject indexing
DDC-Classification:9 Geschichte und Geografie / 90 Geschichte / 900 Geschichte und Geografie
Collections:Cultures of History Forum (Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena)
Tag:Czech Republic; Jan Palach; Prague Spring; commemoration; communism; museum; self-immolation
GND Keyword:Tschechische Republik; Selbstverbrennung; Prager Frühling; Kollektives Gedächtnis; Památník Jana Palacha <Všetaty>
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File Size:3994 KB
MIME-Type:application/pdf
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