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Flames Of Protest: The Wave Of Self-Immolations Against Soviet Tanks


Flames Of Protest: The Wave Of Self-Immolations Against Soviet Tanks
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Jan Palach set himself alight in central Prague 50 years ago, a shocking act that made headlines around the world. But it's less well known that others, before and after Palach, took the same desperate action to protest the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia.

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