The Invasion of Czechoslovakia and the end of the Prague Spring
Beata Bruggeman-SekowskaIn the summer of 1968, Czechoslovakia underwent a remarkable period of political liberalization known as th...
Ryszard Siwiec: first self-immolation against communist oppression
By Beata Bruggeman-SękowskaOn September 8, 1968, Ryszard Siwiec committed suicide by public self-immolation in protest against the ...