Czech students take to the streets to celebrate 20th anniversary of fall of communist rule . The clashes with police in 1989 were events that rid then - Czechoslovakia of totalitarianism . It drew 15,000 people -- students as well as teachers , professors and ordinary Czechs who had grown weary of state control . The march in 1989 was in memory of the students who perished under the dictatorship .
Czech students take to the streets to celebrate 20th anniversary of fall of communist rule . The clashes with police in 1989 were events that rid then - Czechoslovakia of totalitarianism . The march in 1989 was in memory of the students who perished under the dictatorship .