Ryszard Siwiec

Ryszard Siwiec
Ryszard Siwiec

Ryszard Siwiec was a Polish accountant and former Home Army resistance member who was the first person to commit suicide by self-immolation in protest against the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. Although his act was captured by a motion picture camera, Polish press omitted any mention of the incident, which was successfully suppressed by the authorities. Siwiec prepared his plan alone, and few people realized what he tried to achieve with his sacrifice. His story remained mostly forgotten until the fall of communism, when it was first recounted in a documentary film by Polish director Maciej Drygas. Since then, Siwiec has been posthumously awarded a number of Czech, Slovak, and Polish honors and decorations.

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Date of Birth
March 7th, 1909
Age
115
Birth Place
Poland, Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Date of Death
September 12nd, 1968
Died Aged
59
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