polish pronunciation march september polish resistance member person commit suicide self protest warsaw pact invasion czechoslovakia act captured motion picture camera polish press omitted mention incident successfully suppressed authorities prepared plan people realized tried achieve sacrifice story remained forgotten fall communism recounted documentary film polish director posthumously awarded number czech polish honors decorations death better known self prague months later person self protest invasion polish history biography born march austrian partition poland austria-hungary graduated degree philosophy worked 1930s moved shortly graduation world war escaped forced labour germans taking employment joined home army polish resistance movement married children self according friends family extensive historical knowledge deeply disillusioned reality communist poland supported protesting students march polish political crisis poland printing asking daughter distribute according health professionals sound mind fully rational time suicide planned self months advance writing april leaving written tape recorded statements explaining warsaw pact invasion czechoslovakia participation obtained passes national harvest festival taking place september 10th anniversary stadium warsaw goal act witnessed nearly spectators including numerous journalists national leadership set festival dances method protest likely inspired recent series similar protests buddhist monks vietnam notably banner words freedom honour said thrown right incident attracted attention items primarily mentioned documents investigating secret police refused immediate help shouted protest retained consciousness flames extinguished giving brief statements later transferred hospital able communicate medical personnel received brief visit wife hospital police surveillance dying days later september significance remembrance incident immediately suppressed authorities story invented spot accident caused drinking smoking spontaneously aiming divert interest gossip portray irresponsible drunk declared mentally ill despite attendees festival relatively witnesses incident cause delay main proceedings journalists knew able publish photographs movies aware incident bother recording accident try investigate afterward photographs incidents destroyed forgotten lost censored official photographs monopoly issuing photos press era communist poland act captured second film motion picture camera official festival omitted mention incident footage survived accident purpose rediscovered years later polish secret police routine investigation ended quickly death culprit followed routine low key surveillance friends family intercepted letter wife delivered decades later overall authorities little trouble suppressing events relatively witnesses shown particular desire event widely known gossip incident people considering suicide accident reason unclear connected dramatic actions contemporary political events publicist wrote diary days death rumours self festival knows reason funeral funeral attended turn political manifestation guarded police secret agents spread rumors aimed damaging reputation family reported acquaintances supportive aware true purpose turned away intimidated authorities believing stories drunk mentally ill timing described unfortunate chose commit act dance time cry sounds orchestra playing like speculated chosen act moments earlier speech polish communist leader secretary caused likely interrupted message witnessed widely publicist noted self like czech anti communist opposition movements left messages documents helped activities worked polish anti communist opposition identified aware action meaning later learned incident days months sources vary incident consider message reliable broadcaster unaware political context changed famous self prague months later january received information clarified political statement wanted broadcast aired february march april sources vary year aware actions word mouth recognition efforts family friends information known anti communist opposition poland 1980s published fall communism subject documentary film hear cry polish director film won awards including prize best documentary year credited story remarked compared similar incidents time self death unique little attention attracted director polish section expressed similar sentiment human tragedy tragedy lay sacrifice went completely unnoticed vein interprets movie critique contemporary polish society saying witnesses want incident enjoyment festival perfect day following movie posthumously awarded number czech polish state decorations memorial plaques dedicated memory exist warsaw bridge lived named street prague nearby memorial dedicated unveiled street warsaw named nonetheless noted known self time honours awarded following honours posthumously order class awarded president czech_republic order commander cross awarded president poland order 3rd class awarded president slovakia
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