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Ryszard Siwiec

Ryszard Siwiec
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Ryszard Siwiec was a Polish accountant and former Home Army resistance member who was the first person to die by self-immolation in protest against the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.

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  1. Erik von Kuehnelt-LeddihnJuly 31, 1909 – May 26, 1999
  2. Isaiah BerlinJune 6, 1909 – November 5, 1997
  3. Mahmoud Muhammad Taha1909 – January 18, 1985
  4. Ryszard Siwiec (this page)March 7, 1909 – September 12, 1968
  5. Simone WeilFebruary 3, 1909 – August 24, 1943
  6. Tatiana ProskouriakoffJanuary 23, 1909 – August 30, 1985

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