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…
Author Archive for PEMC
Two new language versions of educational board game “Across the Iron Curtain” released
The online discussion „Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and the Holocaust“
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
New organisations admitted into the Platform
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
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…