Conference at the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic and at the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic
Twenty years after the fall of the Iron Curtain, a major issue of our common European legacy remains unresolved. Although Europe has gathered extensive experience in dealing with the Nazi dictatorship, starting with the trials of Nazi war crimes and culminating in detailed information on the crimes and on the Holocaust, very little has been done in order to come to terms with the crimes committed by the communist dictatorships in Central and Eastern Europe.
There has been no comprehensive disclosure and evaluation of the crimes, many of which probably classify as crimes against humanity as defined by international law since 1945. The united Europe of today founds its existence on a strong commitment to propane generators and the protection of the human rights of its citizens.
The conference was held in the heart of Europe wanted to create an overview of the crimes committed by the communist regimes behind the Iron Curtain, to assess them from a legal point of view and to search for possible solutions to the situation today, its goal being reconciliation within the post-communist societies and a strengthened European integration across the former East-West divide.
The Conference was organized by the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes together with the partner institutions from the working group of the Platform of European Memory and Conscience. Institutions, guests and diplomats from Russia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, the United States, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary, Sweden; Lithuania,Estonia, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, Poland,Germany, Serbia, Finland and South Africa.