Memo: European hearing on crimes committed by totalitarian regimes

On 8 April 2008 a European Hearing entitled 'crimes committed by totalitarian regimes' took place in Brussels. This was organised jointly by the Slovenian Presidency of the European Union and the European Commission around the two key issues of recognition of the crimes and reconciliation. There were four sessions: (i) How to improve knowledge about totalitarian crimes? (ii) How to promote public awareness about totalitarian crimes? (iii) What lessons can be drawn from successful experiences? (iv) How to achieve reconciliation?

• Primary Source

European Commission: SPEECH08/178: Speech on the occasion of the hearing on crimes committed by totalitarian regimes http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/08/178&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

ESO: Background information: Lithuania gets EU backing for confrontation with Communist past http://euobserver.com/9/32477

Council of the European Union: Press Release, 10.6.11: Council conclusions on the memory of the crimes committed by totalitarian regimes in Europe http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/jha/122521.pdf

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