Ryszard Siwiec immolating himself during a public event in Warsaw in protest against the 1968 Eastern Block invasion of Czechoslovakia. He died of his injuries and became the first “1968 living torch”. Many others will follow him, including Jan Palach.

7 comments

1. Wow. Rest in peace.

2. Jesus.

3. Rest in peace.

4. Rest in peace.

5. His great grandson set himself on fire in front of the American embassy in 1999

6. We should never forget the victims of Soviet tyranny in Europe.

7. Its like the worst way to go and its sad how so many get pushed far enough to have to resort to this, rest in peace.