Prague, April 8th – A meeting between representatives of the Lithuanian Parliament and representatives of Czech and international memory institutions based in Prague took place on April 8th, 2022, at the Lithuanian Embassy in Prague. The Lithuanian delegation was represented…
Prague, April 7th – Representatives of the Platform of European Memory and Conscience and guests from Polish memory institutions participated in a debate on ‘the importance of memory for the future of Europe’. The activities of the Platform and Polish…
Prague, 31 March – The new documentary “Europe’s Deadliest Borders – The Forgotten Victims of the Cold War” premiered on German television stations Arte and ARD. The documentary depicts the stories of former East German citizens who attempted to cross…
On 29 March 2022, the President of the Platform Mr Marek Mutor, member of the Executive Board Dr. Christian Fuchs and former Managing Director of the Platform Dr. Neela Winkelmann visited the German Federal Commissioner for the Victims of the…
Prague, 11 March – The Platform of European Memory and Conscience (PEMC) president Dr. Marek Mutor, Board of Trustees member Dr. Łukasz Kamiński and exhibition curator Mr Wojciech Bednarski attended the 2022 Memory Days festival (17 – 26 February 2022) in Tirana, Albania. The…
Prague, 6 March – In the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, accompanied by false propaganda and disinformation, we are releasing a freely available Ukrainian story in English, German and Czech from our international educational reader Lest We Forget for teenage students…
The Platform of European Memory and Conscience (PEMC) condemns the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. It is a crime against the peace. We express our solidarity with the Ukrainian people defending their country. We condemn war crimes and…
Prague, 2 February 2022 – In the Czech Republic the case against Lubomír Štrougal and Vratislav Vajnar for the deaths on the Iron Curtain has been interrupted as new assessments of their health are awaited. However, according to Christian Härtl, the…
Prague, 25 January – The Platform’s travelling exhibition “Totalitarianism in Europe” continues in 2022 to other destinations throughout Portugal, after Porto, Lisbon and the University of Coimbra. Thanks to the Platform’s partner organisation Instituto +Liberdade, the first-ever overview of available statistics…
On 28 December 2021, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation decided to shut down the Russian International Memorial organisation. In addition to earlier accusations of violation of the “foreign agent” legislation, the prosecutor accused Memorial of “creating a false…
Prague, 21 December 2021– The new second edition of the educational reader “Lest We Forget. Memory of Totalitarianism in Europe” edited by Neela Winkelmann and Gillian Purves is being published in English, Czech and Albanian. A Spanish version will follow soon. The purpose…
