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25.11.2013

President of IPN took part in the Debate on the Practice of Remembrance - Warsaw, 21 November 2013

On 21 November 2013 Dr. Łukasz Kamiński, President of the Institute of National Remembrance, took part in a debate "Practice of Remembrance".

Dr. Łukasz Kamiński, Dr. Dragoş Petrescu, Chair of the National Council for the Study of the Securitate Archives, Romania, Prof. János Simon, expert from the Institute for Research of History of Transition, Hungary, Rüdiger Freiherr von Fritsch, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Poland discussed the matter of institutes of national remembrance, the problem of access to archives, the rehabilitation of political prisoners and the vetting and prosecution of the perpetrators of crime in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.

The main purpose of the meeting was to share experiences of people working in institutions dealing with reconciliation with the communist past and the political transformation in different countries of our region. The discussion will be led by Wojciech Przybylski, the editor-in-chief of Visegrad Insight.

The meeting was an introduction to the international conference Legal Frames of Memory, to be held in Warsaw on 27-29 November 2013.

The debate has been organized by the European Network Remembrance and Solidarity and Collegium Civitas.


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