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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

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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

Details

Date:
2016. June 15.
Time:
10:00 - 12:00

Venue

Brussels Parlament
Parlement Européen de Bruxelles, Rue Wiertz, Bruxelles
Brussels,
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