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Communism fell 20 years ago, Poland led the fight since WW2 [341]
Ryszard Siwiec:
in Prague:
his street

now, he's got an obelisk...
A guard stands next to the black obelisk which was unveiled in front of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes in Prague Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. The memorial commemorates Polish teacher Ryszard Siwiec who committed suicide by self-immolation on September 8, 1968, in protest against the 1968 Soviet-led invasion of former Czechoslovakia, in which Poland also participated. Siwiec was the first person to protest against the violent suppression of the Prague Spring reform movement in this way.
in Prague Friday, Aug. 20, 2010
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