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<p>Brussels, 12.06.2024 – Today, a
Brussels, 12.06.2024 – Today, a solemn commemoration event was held in Brussels to honour the victims of the Soviet mass deportations, which occurred across Central and Eastern Europe between 1920 and 1952. Marek Mutor, President of the Platform of European…
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High-ranking border guard commander denies guilt at opening of trial in Prague for killings and woundings of Czech and Germans civilians on the Iron curtain
Prague, 11 June 2024. At the District court for Prague 1, the trial opened today against Col. Jan Muzikář (90) who was deputy commander-in-chief of the border guards in former Czechoslovakia. He was indicted for the killing of three and…
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Address by Gitanas Nausėda, President of the Republic of Lithuania, at the international conference ‘Crimes of Totalitarianism – Justice and Remembrance in the 21st Century’
Prague-Wrocław, 10.06.2024 – The PEMC thanks President Gitanas Nauseda for his letter written for the international conference “Crimes of Totalitarianism – Justice and Remembrance in the 21st Century”, organised by the Platform on the 15th of May in Vilnius. Forgetting…
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2024 Prize of the Platform for Vladimir Kara-Murza
Vilnius, Lithuania, 16th May 2024 – The Platform’s Council of Members proudly awarded Vladimir Kara-Murza the 2024 Prize of the Platform. The Prize is bestowed upon Kara-Murza in recognition of his unparalleled courage and unwavering dedication to advocating human rights…
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2024 PEMC Annual Meeting and International Conference on Totalitarianism Crimes held in Vilnius
Vilnius, Lithuania, May 15-17, 2024 – The 2024 Annual Meeting of the Platform of European Memory and Conscience (PEMC) took place in Vilnius from May 15-17, accompanied by the significant International Conference titled “Crimes of Totalitarianism – Justice and Remembrance in…
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The former Border Guard colonel will stand trial in Prague in June
Prague, 24 April – The District State Prosecutor’s Office for Prague 1 has filed an indictment against Colonel Jan Muzikář (1934), who “in the period from October 1982 to 24 October 1989 at the latest, as Chief of Staff and…
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Our educational game Across the Iron Curtain published for the first time in Slovakia
Prague, 12 February – The Platform in cooperation with the Slovak Nation`s Memory Institute in Bratislava has prepared an expanded edition of its educational board game Across the Iron Curtain. The game is based on the original English version of…
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