The Platform of European Memory and Conscience participated in the launch of the Prague presentation of the sculpture by the artist group Pode Bal which was first presented on 27 May 2015 in front of the European Parliament in Brussels, as a part of the Platform event “JUSTICE 2.0”, and which was inaugurated by EU Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Mr Tibor Navracsics.
The sculpture depicts the East German boy Hartmut Tautz who was severely wounded on 8 August 1986 on the Iron Curtain between Communist Czechoslovakia and Austria by so-called “independently attacking dogs” of the border guards.
The Platform of European Memory and Conscience is calling for international justice for the persons responsible for the death of Hartmut Tautz and innumerable other refugees killed on the Iron Curtain during Communism.

The inauguration took place on Thursday 16 July 2015 at 6 p.m. in the courtyard of Museum Kampa, U Sovových mlýnů 2, Praha 1.
Speakers were Jiří Pospíšil, former Minister of Justice and member of the Museum board, Petr Motyčka and Dan Trantina of Pode Bal and Platform Managing Director Neela Winkelmann.

The sculpture will be presented at Museum Kampa for the summer.

 

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Presentation of the sculpture in Brussels

Event “JUSTICE 2.0” in the media