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Symposium “The year 1956 and the non-reformability of Communism” on 15 June 2016 in the European Parliament, Brussels
2016. June 15. @ 10:00 - 12:00

http://www.memoryandconscience.eu/2016/06/02/symposium-1956/
Moderator: Dr. Neela Winkelmann, Managing Director, Platform of European Memory and Conscience, CZ
- 10.00 – 10.10
Welcome and introduction – 1956 as a symbol
Rev. László Tökés, Member of the European Parliament, RO
- 10.10 – 10.30
Rehabilitation during Communism. Problems of de-Stalinization in Hungary
Dr. István Ötvös, Member, Committee of National Remembrance, HU
- 10.30 – 10.50
The Poznan uprising
Dr. Paweł Ukielski, Deputy Director, Institute of National Remembrance, PL
- 10.50 – 11.10
The Hungarian revolution
Dr. Réka Földváryné Kiss, Chairwoman, Committee of National Remembrance, HU
- 11.10 – 11.50
Experience of activists of 1956:
The April 1956 Student resolutions in Prague, then Czechoslovakia – Dr. Michael Heyrovský(*1932)
The 1956 “Physicist Ball“ in Jena, former East Germany – Peter Herrmann (*1934)
- 11.50 – 12.00
Concluding remarks
Göyrgy Schöpflin, Member of the European Parliament, HU and Göran Lindblad, President, Platform of European Memory and Conscience, SE