Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Agusta 1968, Tarayyar Soviet ta mamaye
Czechoslovakia don murkushe gyare-gyaren sassaucin ra'ayi na gwamnatin Alexander Dubček a lokacin da aka sani da Spring Spring. Palach wanda aka haife shi a Prague ya yanke shawarar sadaukar da kansa don nuna rashin amincewa da mamayewa kuma ya ƙone kansa, a Wenceslas Square, a ranar 16 ga Janairu 1969. Dangane da wata wasika da ya aika wa mutane da yawa na jama'a, an kafa wata ƙungiyar juriya ta ɓoye tare da manufar yin aikin ƙona kai har sai an biya bukatunsu; duk da haka, da alama ba a taɓa samun irin wannan ƙungiyar ba. Bukatun da aka bayyana a cikin wasikar sun kasance kawar da takunkumi da kuma dakatar da rarraba "Zprávy", jaridar hukuma ta sojojin mamaye Soviet. Bugu da kari, wasikar ta yi kira ga mutanen Czech da Slovak da su shiga yajin aiki na gaba daya don tallafawa wadannan bukatun. Wani daftarin wasikar da Palach ya rubuta a baya ya kuma bukaci yin murabus na wasu 'yan siyasa masu goyon bayan Soviet, amma wannan bukatar ba ta shiga cikin sigar karshe ba, wacce ta hada da bayanin cewa "bukatunmu ba matsananci ba ne, akasin haka". Palach ya mutu ne daga konewar da ya yi kwanaki da yawa bayan wasan nasa, a asibiti. A kan gadon mutuwarsa, wata mace da ya sani daga kwalejinsa da kuma wani shugaban ɗalibai, wanda ya rubuta ɗaya daga cikin wasiƙarsa, sun ziyarce shi. An bayar da rahoton cewa ya roki wasu kada su yi abin da ya yi amma a maimakon haka su ci gaba da gwagwarmaya ta wasu hanyoyi, kodayake an yi shakkar ko da gaske ya faɗi haka.