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Platform welcomes release of Mr Oleg Sentsov from Russian imprisonment

Prague, 9 September – The Platform of European Memory and Conscience welcomes the good news about the release of Mr Oleg Sentsov, Ukrainian filmmaker and writer, from Russian imprisonment on 7 September 2019. The Platform deeply respects and promotes the values…

Warsaw, 23 August – The Platform president Mr Lukasz Kamiński, Executive Board Member Ms Andreja Valič Zver and Managing Director Mr Peter Rendek participated at the commemoration event the European Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Totalitarian Regimes on…

Platform supports the effort to establish a Museum of Memory of the 20th Century in Prague

Prague, 21 August – The Platform supports the initiative to establish a new museum devoted to the history of the 20th century in Prague. During a press conference representatives of the Prague municipality introduced the idea of establishing such a museum…

Czech-German Joint Investigation Team Established for Killing East German Refugees on the Border of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic

Prague, 5 August – Murder has no statute of limitations and this is especially true for soldiers and former politicians, a German state prosecutor’s office in Weiden and a federal criminal office in Munich (LKA) said in a press release…

Remembering the victims of Communism in Prague

27 June, Prague – Commemoration events for all victims of Communism in the Czech Republic took place in recent days in many places. The Platform commemorated the event by attending the official commemoration ceremony with laying flowers at the memorial…

Prague, 25 June – The President of the Platform Mr Łukasz Kamiński participated at the international conference“Like a stake in a fence”. The year 1989 in a context on 24 June in Prague. Among other speakers were Mr Alexandr Vondra, Member of European Parliament and…

On 27 May 2019, the Czech MP Mr Pavel Žáček and the Centre for Documentation of Totalitarian Regimes organised a 1-day international seminar on “Hybrid threats from the perspective of the Czech Republic and Ukraine”, during which experiences about hybrid…