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…
Two new language versions of educational board game “Across the Iron Curtain” released
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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…
The online discussion „Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and the Holocaust“
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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…
JUSTICE 2.0 project breakthrough: Czech Ministry of Justice awards 33,333 Czech crowns to daughter of East German refugee killed on the Iron Curtain in 1977
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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…
New organisations admitted into the Platform
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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) admitted and granted full membership to its 2019 candidate organisation, and the…
Czech Police prosecuting Communist Party ideologue Jan Fojtík for shooting at the borders before 1989
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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…
The online conference “Oppression of minorities in the dictatorship” and the presentation of the Romanian version of the ‘’Lest We Forget’’ reader as a part of the 31st anniversary of the 1989 Timișoara Revolution event
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Prague/ Timișoara, 31 December 2020 – On the occasion of the 31st anniversary of the 1989 Timișoara Revolution, the Platform (PEMC) altogether with the Hungarian National Council of Transylvania (EMNT) and the Timișoara Society organised an international online conference and…
Call for Applications: Internship at the Platform of European Memory and Conscience
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Title: Intern – Platform of European Memory and Conscience Preferred starting date: on mutual agreement Location: Prague, Czech Republic Reports To: Managing Director The Platform of European Memory and Conscience is a non-profit international non-governmental organisation – an interest association…
Milestone: Czech police declares 11 deceased politburo members fully responsible for the killings of refugees on the Iron Curtain! What about the surviving ones?
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Prague, 2 December 2020. In its milestone decision published last week, the Czech Office for Documentation and Investigation of Communist Crimes of the Police of the Czech Republic declares that 11 deceased members of the 1980s’ politburo of the Communist…
Romanian version of the reader Lest We Forget released
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Prague/Timişoara, 26 November – The Platform of European Memory and Conscience has released the Romanian version of the reader Lest We Forget. Memory of Totalitarianism in Europe (Să nu uităm. Amintirea totalitarismului în Europa). It is so far the 9th language version…
Difficult road to justice for the Communist crimes – Season 31: Episode 1001: “Nice try”
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Prague, 16 November 2020. Thirty-one years after the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, the Platform of European Memory and Conscience has uncovered yet another attempt to thwart the prosecution of Communist crimes. Something is rotten in the running criminal investigation against…