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Uploaded by on Dec 18, 2011

Politician, playwright and former Czech leader Vaclav Havel, a hero of the epic struggle that ended the Cold War, has died aged 75.

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  • Why did they use the pictures of tanks passing the streets of Czechoslovakia from 1968? the name of the revolution - the velvet revolution means it was a peaceful revolution with no serious incidents

  • He sat on Reinhard Heydrich 's lap and on his knee as a little boy.

  • @TheGildana Don't talk about things you know nothing about. You speak exactly the same bullshit as old articles in Rude Pravo (the worst communist newspaper) from 1988 - 1989. Furthermore, Dubcek was a very controversial figure, not a brave hero at all. He succumbed almost instantly to a pressure from the soviet authorities. Furthermore, he discredited himself by signing so called baton law in 1969, which was used to brutally fight against demonstrators in 69,88 and 89.

  • Jive Vaclav Havel! Jive Česka Republika! Spačuvanni z Bielorusi da rodnih Vaclava i jiharam Česki republiki!

  • By the way in the archives of BATA in Zlin and Svit are photos of havel's family members with the german occupants and fascisists! maybe vaclav wanted to cover this byhis declarations against communisme.... DUBCEK was a real true hero, Havel is an imposture!!!!

  • sorry 4 peaple love him. i love him. he was orginal :(

  • @dreamdiction Because V. Havel supported G. Bush's foreign policy and even asked him for attack on Hussein's Iraq in 2003. Moreover, Havel obtained the Freedom Medal from Bush, so he certainly didn't see standing with "that scumbag" as degradation...

  • Thank you, Vaclav, thank you for giving us a hero who is humble, brilliant, joyous, a lover of justice and jazz, someone who is willing to lead and willing go home and write a gorgeous play. We will miss you deeply.

  • RIP Václav Havel. A great statesman and, above all, a GREAT person. He is irreplaceable and will be missed.

  • @Nouska Well, russian and czech languages are relatives, but i bet you can't speak czech properly :) like your bellowed bolshevik fuhrer Lahev (no, it is not typo:).

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