Jan Palach Memorial

Part of a memorial to Jan Palach, a 20 year old Czech student who self-immolated in January 1969 as a political protest against the Soviet Union's invasion and occupation of Czechoslovakia. The memorial, which consists of two sculptures, is called "The House of the Suicide and The House of the Mother of the Suicide." It is the work of an American sculptor and architect of Czech origin, John Hejduk (1929-2000).

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