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) admitted and granted full membership to its 2019 candidate organisation, and the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
