A READER FOR OLDER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ANYWHERE IN EUROPE edited by Gillian Purves Order your free copies now. Only postage costs apply. An illustrated collection of 30 remarkable life stories of people affected by totalitarianism from 16 European countries,…
Catalogue of the international travelling exhibition “Totalitarianism in Europe”
Order your free copies of the catalogue of the international travelling exhibition now. Only postage costs apply. The travelling exhibition presents a first-ever overview of the available statistics on civilian victims of the gravest crimes committed by the 20th century…
Abychom nezapomněli. Výpověď o totalitě v Evropě
ČÍTANKA PRO STARŠÍ STŘEDOŠKOLÁKY KDEKOLIV V EVROPĚ editorka Gillian Purves Ilustrovaná sbírka 30 pozoruhodných životních příběhů lidí postižených totalitou ze 16 evropských zemí, obsahující fotografie a faksimile dokumentů. Příspěvky 23 veřejnoprávních a nevládních institucí, organizací, muzeí a památníků zabývajících se…
Ján Langoš Award presentation on 20 June 2013 in Bratislava
The Platform of European Memory and Conscience is happy to announce the presentation of this year`s Ján Langoš Award which will take place on 20 June 2013 at the Pálffy palace in Bratislava, Slovakia. The laureate of the international award…
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…
Conference “Modern Forms of Commemoration of Totalitarian Genocide Places” on 14-15 May 2013 in Warsaw
The Platform of European Memory and Conscience, the Institute of National Remembrance – Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation, the Warsaw Rising Museum and the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes in Prague are organizing…
Platform calls on democratic forces in the Czech Republic to uphold the Act on the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes
Erfurt, 9 April 2013. The Platform of European Memory and Conscience is concerned by the recent developments in the Czech Republic where the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes is being targeted by a political campaign which is aimed…
Platform mourns loss of Zdeněk Boháč, Chairman of Prague Academic Club 48 and initiator of Declaration 2012
Prague, 5 December 2012. Dr. Zdeněk Boháč, Chairman of the Prague Academic Club 48 and initiator of the international appeal of former political prisoners and victims of Communism “Declaration 2012“, passed away on 25 November 2012. Zdeněk Boháč fought and…
Time is running out for preserving memory of totalitarianism
Berlin, 9 November 2012. Commemorating the victims of the “Reichskristallnacht” 74 years ago and the victims of Communism on the 23rd anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Platform of European Memory and Conscience calls on the European…