Funeral of Jan Palach, 25 January 1969. Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the country came to say goodbye to Palach. Photo by Ivan Beneš

Funeral of Jan Palach, photo taken by Ivan Beneš, 1969

Funeral of Jan Palach, 25 January 1969

Ivan Beneš captured the sombre atmosphere at Jan Palach's funeral on 25 January 1969. Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the country came to say goodbye to the burnt student.

Mother Miroslava Pražáková around 1974

Luers Wendy

Luers Wendy

Dhondup Wangchen, Prague 2022

Dhondup Wangchen, Prague 2022

Jan Vrba receives the Medal for Heroism from Václav Havel on behalf of his father, 1997

Jan Vrba in 2024

Eva Tolkovsky 2016

Eva Tolkovsky 2016

Grigori Pasko in 2022

Grigori Pasko in 2022

Hana Přikrylová in 2023

Hana Přikrylová in 2023

Hana Přikrylová at her graduation in Karolinum, 1969

Rudolf Hostovský, grandfather of Hana Přikrylová, murdered by the Gestapo, 1930s

Parents Jan Hostovský and Hana Hostovská with little Hana, c. 1947

Hostovský family: from left: little Hana, her newborn brother Jan, great-grandfather Jan, mother Hana and sister Zuzana, behind: father Jan, 1950

Town of Žamberk, 1940s

House of the Hostovský family in Žamberk

House of the Hostovský family in Žamberk