Prague, 5 February 2018. The competition for a proposal of a Pan-European Memorial for the Victims of Totalitarianism in Brussels, announced by the Platform of European Memory and Conscience in April 2017, has yielded thirty-nine entries from artists and architects.…
Platform hands over new evidence to Bavarian prosecutors in the case of the 1986 killing of Johann Dick by Czechoslovak border guards
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Prague, 18 January 2018. At a meeting held earlier this week in Weiden, the Platform of European Memory and Conscience handed over new evidence to Bavarian prosecutors in the case of the killing of West-German civilian Johann Dick who was…
Platform experts hold a guided tour for MEPs in the House of European History
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Brussels, 10 January – Platform experts lead by Paweł Ukielski, deputy director of the Warszaw Uprising Museum, in presence of Platform President Lukasz Kamiński, held guided tour for 7 MEPs from the EPP Group on 10 January. Members of the European…
Best wishes for a happy, peaceful, successful and fulfilling New Year 2018 from the Plaform!
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Platform achieves double legal breakthrough: Bavarian state criminal investigation office Munich starts investigating killings of German refugees on the Iron Curtain in former Czechoslovakia
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Prague, 13 December 2017. The Bavarian state criminal investigation office Munich (LKA München) is starting the investigation of the killings of German citizens on the Iron Curtain in former Czechoslovakia. The respective criminal complaint was filed by the Platform of…
Platform Reader presented at the Masaryk University, Faculty of Education
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Brno, 11 December – At the seminar Reconciliation with the Totalitarian Past held at the Masaryk University, Faculty of Education in Brno, the Platform managing director Neela Winkelmann presented to tutors and students two major learning tools produced by the…
German Ambassador visits Platform office
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Prague, 4 December 2017. The new German ambassador to the Czech Republic H.E. Christoph Israng visited the Platform office in Prague. Together with Managing Director Dr. Neela Winkelmann they discussed ongoing Platform projects, including the international competition for a memorial for the…
Platform elects new President and Executive Board and admits four new Member institutions from four countries
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Vilnius / Prague, 1 December 2017. At its annual Council of Members held on 28-30 November 2017 in Vilnius, Lithuania, the Platform of European Memory and Conscience elected a new President and Executive Board and admitted four new institutions from…
Platform calls for a broad debate and a change of the permanent exhibition of the House of European History
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Prague, 20 November 2017. The Platform of European Memory and Conscience presents a critical report on the House of European History, a project of the European Parliament in Brussels. The report is a result of a study visit of 19…
Memorandum from the conference ”100 Years of Communism. History and Memory” held on 8-9 November 2017 in Paris, France
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100 years ago, the Bolshevik revolution introduced a murderous utopia. It eradicated the established social and moral order, ushering in a century of totalitarianism in the world. Social engineering which aimed to take total control over people was forcibly and…
Czech première: Across the Iron Curtain
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The Platform of European Memory and Conscience launches its human rights educational game in the Czech Republic Prague, 20 November 2017 – On 16 November, the eve of the anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, the Platform of European Memory and…