About the exhibition:

The international travelling exhibition, conceived as a “black album“, presents a first-ever overview of the available statistics on civilian victims of the gravest crimes committed by the 20th century totalitarian regimes in 14 European countries: Albania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Netherlands, Czech Republic and Slovakia (former Czechoslovakia), Hungary, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria and Ukraine.
Compiled by the Platform of European Memory and Conscience. The statistics are introduced by a short text on the rise and fall of the
totalitarian regime, framed by photographs of some of the main perpetrators and complemented by data on the criminal prosecution of the perpetrators after the fall of the regime. The exhibition has thus been presented in 28 major cities in 20 countries in Europe and North America since 2012.

Previous events (2012 – 2022)

• Tirana, Albania – 13 – 20 February 2020
• Skhodra, Albania – November 2019
• Wroclaw, Poland – August  – September 2018
• Ben Franklin Building, Ottawa, Canada – August 2017
• Toronto, City Hall, Canada – August – September 2016
• Tusnád, Romania – July 2016
• Budapest, Hungary, Parliament – May 2016
• Strasbourg, France, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe – April 2016
• Washington, D.C., USA, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation – May – June 2015
• New York, USA, Czech Center – May 2015
• Dublin, Ireland, European Parliament Information Office – December 2014 – January 2015
• Riga, Latvia, Palace of Culture “Ziemelblazma”, Museum of Occupations, EU Presidency event – August – September 2014
• Lviv, Ukraine – January 2014
• Kyiv, Ukraine – December 2013 – January 2014
• Den Haag, Netherlands, De Boskant centre – November 2013
• Berlin, Germany, Konrad Adenauer Foundation – October – November 2013
• Vilnius, Lithuania,  Memorial Complex, Tuskulėnai Peace Park, EU Presidency event – August-September 2013
• Tallinn, Estonia, Museum of Occupations – June – July 2013
• Warsaw, Poland, Institute of National Remembrance  – May – June  2013
• Oradea, Romania, University – March – April 2013
• European Parliament, Brussels  – March 2013
• Prague, Czech Republic, Faculty of Law, Charles University – February – March 2013
• Kranj, Slovenia, Gorenjski Muzej – January – February 2013
• Bratislava, Slovakia, Aréna Theatre – September – October 2012

• The travelling exhibition for viewing only (pdf, 10 MB, 2012 version).
• Catalogue of the travelling exhibition available

Exhibition feedback

• “Excellent exhibition. I will try to convince the German-French School in Dublin to host it for some days.” – H.E. Mathias Höpfner, The German Ambassador to Ireland
• “Thank you very much for the exhibition, it has a lot educational values and message to the Irish people.” – H.E. Tamás Magyarics, The Hungarian Ambassador to Ireland
• “Thank you for the exhibition. It is a very important reminder of the horrors of totalitarianism on Europe on all its manifestations!” – H.E. Branimir Zaimov, The Bulgarian Ambassador to Ireland
• “An exhibition to be seen by many more Irish people, students and professors alike.” H.E. Gints Apals, The Latvian Ambassador to Ireland
• “Truly impressive exhibition, one of the best I`ve seen among the 20+ countries I`ve visited in Europe. Thumbs up!” – Justin Roy, Canada
• “We learnt so much.” – Mary & Martin, UK
• “A moving record of the suffering by a brave and relented nation. And a revelation too.” – Howard & Joan, UK
• “Here I have seen a collection of criminal arsenal made of ourself. I am born 1942. Mother from Tallin. My home is Germany, Berlin. I am ashamed.” – Raimund Pernedev
• “Leider learnt man auch hier, dass “homo homini lupus” ist.” – Albert Caposatti, Italy
• “One clear lesson is that a perpetrator of these crimes faces very little chance of being punished for the crimes.” – Karl, USA
• “Don`t stop teaching and remembering this. Greetings from Columbia.” – Jose