Prague, 15 June – On 14 June 1941, the first wave of mass deportations swept across the Soviet-occupied Baltic States, leading to the forced mass resettlement of tens of thousands of people. This was part of dozens of deportation campaigns…
Prague, 9 June – Belarusian opposition leader Ms Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya was awarded the 2020 Prize of the Platform of European Memory and Conscience (PEMC) today in Prague during her official 4-day visit to the Czech Republic. The Member institutions and…
Prague, 26 May – The Platform of European Memory and Conscience (PEMC) with its partners has launched the new online exhibition Century of Martyrs. The history of the 20th century was marked by the rise of totalitarian ideologies and regimes…
Prague, Brussels – 25 May – The Platform of European Memory and Conscience, together with the Informal group on European Remembrance of the European Parliament, an informal inter-party group, and following the 19 September 2019 European Parliament resolution on the…
Prague, 4 May – The supervisory public prosecutor agrees with the criminal prosecution of the former top representative of Communist Czechoslovakia, Jan Fojtík (93), who was accused by police officers from the special Office for the Documentation and Investigation of…
Prague, 31 March 2021 – The Platform of European Memory and Conscience expresses deep concern regarding the statement by Luljeta Bozo, Member of Parliament candidate in the forthcoming election in Albania, who said that Communism was a “constitutional dictatorship” and…
Prague, 10 February 2021 – The Platform of European Memory and Conscience (PEMC) is launching its educational board game “Across the Iron Curtain” in its German and Hungarian versions. The game is a play-and-learn opportunity to acquire deeper awareness of…
Prague, 29 January 2021 – The online discussion „Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and the Holocaust“ organised by the Informal Group of MEPs on „European Remembrance“ to commemorate the International Day in memory of the victims of the Holocaust lead by its coordinator MEP…
Prague, 28 January 2021. This week, the Czech Ministry of Justice awarded the sum of 33,333 Czech crowns (about 1,280 euros) to the daughter of East German citizen Gerhard Schmidt who was shot and killed by border guards while trying…
Prague, 26 January 2021 – During the 2020 annual Council of Members meeting held online on Monday, 25 January 2021, the Platform of European Memory and Conscience (PEMC) approved the annual report for 2019, admitted and granted full membership to…
Prague, 8 January 2021 – On Thursday, the Czech Police launched a criminal prosecution of Jan Fojtík, a former member of the presidency of the Central Committee of the Communist Party. The 92-year-old man is accused of abusing the authority…
