(“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…
Annual meeting of the Platform in Berlin, 8-9 November 2012
Berlin, 8 November 2012. At the first annual Council of Members meeting in Berlin at the Hohenschönhausen Memorial, the Platform Members unanimously approved the membership applications of further eight new Members – institutions and organisations from 5 EU Member States,…
Opening of the travelling exhibition “Totalitarianism in Europe”
Prague/Bratislava, 18 September 2012. An audience of about 60 people, representatives of partner institutions, associations of victims of totalitarianism from Poland, Germany, Romania, Croatia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia as well as persons of public life and members of the…
“Totalitarianism in Europe” – International travelling exhibition opening in Bratislava, Slovakia
Prague, 10 September 2012. The Platform of European Memory and Conscience, the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes (CZ) and the Ján Langoš Foundation (SK) cordially invite to the solemn opening of the international travelling exhibition Totalitarianism in Europe…
European Day of Remembrance of Victims of Totalitarianism commemorated in Budapest
Budapest, 23 August 2012. During a ceremony commemorating the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Totalitarianism in Budapest, Hungary, the President of the Platform signed an agreement on the creation of a European museum of totalitarianism. The document expresses…