Childhood home of Jan Palach to become memorial

The childhood home of Jan Palach is to be turned into a memorial to the student who burned himself to death in January 1969 to protest against apathy in the face of the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia that began the previous August. The National Museum has acquired the building in the Central Bohemian village of Všetaty and plans to hold a tender process for its renovation, which should be completed in 2018.

Author: Ian Willoughby