The following links represent some of the media coverage of the JUSTICE 2.0 project in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Poland, Latvia, Romania and other countries:
Platform in the media
Organisiertes Wegschauen – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 24 June 2014
(“Organised looking-away”) In many post-Communist countries, the old elites still rule. By Karl-Peter Schwarz. The article summarises the presentations and the message of the conference “Legacy of Totalitarianism Today” organised by the Platform of European Memory and Conscience in Prague…
“Juliana litt unter den Nazis wie unter den Sowjets” – Die Welt, 8 April 2014
Dresden / Prague, 8 April 2014. Juliana Zarchi from Lithuania and Benita Plezere-Eglite from Latvia, two of the survivors of 20th century totalitarianism whose life stories are depicted in the Platform reader “Lest We Forget. Memory of Totalitarianism in Europe”,…
Kritik an Prager „Stasi-Behörde“ – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 16 January 2014
Europäische Institutsgemeinschaft schließt Tschechen aus (Criticism of the “Stasi-Institution” in Prague. European association of institutions excludes the Czechs) kps. WIEN, 15. Januar. Das tschechische Institut für das Studium der totalitären Regime (Ustr), zu dessen gesetzlichen Aufgaben die wissenschaftliche Aufarbeitung der…
Die Vergangenheit hält Gericht – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 7 August 2013
(“The past stages a trial“) How do the East-European states handle the crimes of the Communist dictatorship? In the court cases against Czech border soldiers, the past lives on. This important article describes several brutal crimes / murders committed by…
Auf dunkle Weise mit sich selbst im Reinen – Die Welt, 22 June 2013
(“In a murky way, at peace with one`s conscience“) The farther in the past the crimes lie, the more stubborn the perpetrators` silence. A conference on the elucidation of political crimes The article summarises the main ideas spoken at an…
Wie bricht man das Schweigen der Täter? – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 11 June 2013
(“How to break the silence of the perpetrators?“) The article summarises the discussions held at an international conference at the German-Italian centre Villa Vigoni on Lake Como, Italy, on June 6-7, 2013 under the title “Truth and Reconciliation Commissions in…