Prague, April 8th – A meeting between representatives of the Lithuanian Parliament and representatives of Czech and international memory institutions based in Prague took place on April 8th, 2022, at the Lithuanian Embassy in Prague. The Lithuanian delegation was represented…
On 29 March 2022, the President of the Platform Mr Marek Mutor, member of the Executive Board Dr. Christian Fuchs and former Managing Director of the Platform Dr. Neela Winkelmann visited the German Federal Commissioner for the Victims of the…
Prague, 11 March – The Platform of European Memory and Conscience (PEMC) president Dr. Marek Mutor, Board of Trustees member Dr. Łukasz Kamiński and exhibition curator Mr Wojciech Bednarski attended the 2022 Memory Days festival (17 – 26 February 2022) in Tirana, Albania. The…
The Platform of European Memory and Conscience (PEMC) condemns the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. It is a crime against the peace. We express our solidarity with the Ukrainian people defending their country. We condemn war crimes and…
Prague, 2 February 2022 – In the Czech Republic the case against Lubomír Štrougal and Vratislav Vajnar for the deaths on the Iron Curtain has been interrupted as new assessments of their health are awaited. However, according to Christian Härtl, the…
On 28 December 2021, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation decided to shut down the Russian International Memorial organisation. In addition to earlier accusations of violation of the “foreign agent” legislation, the prosecutor accused Memorial of “creating a false…
Prague, 21 December 2021– The new second edition of the educational reader “Lest We Forget. Memory of Totalitarianism in Europe” edited by Neela Winkelmann and Gillian Purves is being published in English, Czech and Albanian. A Spanish version will follow soon. The purpose…
