Prague, 3 April – The Platform of European Memory and Conscience hereby expresses its concern regarding the announced erection of a statue of Vladimir Lenin in the German city of Gelsenkirchen. Lenin created the Soviet totalitarian state, killing millions during…
Press Releases
Platform Reader presentations in all regions in Slovakia
Prague, 3 March – For the first time the Platform of European Memory and Conscience presented its international Reader Lest We Forget (Memory of Totalitarianism in Europe) and the board game (Across the Iron Curtain) to students of different types of secondary schools in…
Justice 2.0 – a database of the Iron Curtain victims
Prague, Wroclaw – On 26 November a prosecution was initiated in the Czech Republic against persons responsible for murders committed along the Iron Curtain. Among the suspects are former general secretary of the Czechoslovak Communist Party Milouš Jakeš, former Prime…
Czech Police launch investigation into former high-ranking Communist officials for shootings on the borders
Press release Prague, 27 November – The Office of the Documentation and the Investigation of the Crimes of Communism of the Police of the Czech Republic officially launched a prosecution on 26 November 2019 against the former high-ranking Communist politburo members for…
Platform supports new Appeal for Nuremberg Trials for Communism
Prague, 8 November – On 7 November the Appeal for a Nuremberg of Communism (Bukovsky-Cristin document) was introduced in the Senate of the Italian Republic in Rome by Prof. Renato Cristin, Prof. Roberto de Mattei, Dr. Dario Fertilio, senator Adolfo Urso, senator Lucio Malan and Vito Comencini.…
Platform welcomes new European Parliament resolution on the importance of European remembrance
Prague, 25 September – The Platform welcomes the new European Parliament resolution on the importance of European remembrance for the future of Europe, which was adopted on 19 September 2019 in Strasbourg. The resolution was supported by 535 votes in favour,…
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…