Every generation has the right to revolt
Jan Pochman was born on October 14, 1970 in Prague. Although his family was not politically involved, he began taking part in anti-regime demonstrations while in high school. He took part in anti-regime demonstrations later known as Palach‘s Week in January 1989 in Prague. In the summer of 1989, together with other young people, he protested against cutting down the trees in Prague‘s Stromovka. He was detained there, then taken for interrogation, where his passport was confiscated. He also took part in the demonstration on November 17, 1989 on Národní třída and then in subsequent rallies, which led to the fall of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.