Commemorative ceremony for 1968 martyr Ryszard Siwiec

A ceremony is set to take place in Prague on Thursday commemorating 110
years since the birth of Ryszard Siwiec, a Polish man who set himself on
fire in protest at Poland’s involvement in the occupation of
Czechoslovakia in August 1968.

Siwiec died on September 12, 1968 after setting himself alight…

Published: 
Thursday, March 7, 2019