sample images by stefan tyszko / 03prague russian invasion of prague 3/5/02

Victims of the Invasion In the early days of the Russian offensive, an 18-year-old fireman was machine-gunned to death after climbing on to an advancing tank. Knowing that Tyszko was a photographer who had already eluded expulsion and that he could be relied upon, the dead fireman’s parents invited him to the crematorium mortuary to photograph their son’s corpse as a memorial to his courage. Tyszko also attended the funerals of other victims of the invasion. In the first month of occupation around 80 citizens of Prague and its environs were killed and around 800 wounded.