Monument to Pavel Wonka in Chomutov

The small stone monument to Pavel Wonka is on the Stromovka footpath not far from the Chomutov město train station. The monument commemorates an opponent of the communist regime and a fighter for human rights. He was considered the last political prisoner in Czechoslovakia. Pavel Wonka was in prison three times for his actions. He died in prison in April 1988 from exhaustion while on hunger strike. The first monument was…