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International conference

The international historical conference “History and Memory. The Soviet Past – 1953-1990” was organized in Vilnius 2011, November 28-29 in the Seimas (Parliament) of the Republic of Lithuania. Politicians, historians, sociologists, educators and other professionals from seven EU counties discussed about the crimes committed by Soviet regimes in Central and Eastern Europe. It was good opportunity to learn from each other, share experience, disseminate knowledge and initiate follow – up activities. Speakers and participants learned about experience of different countries under Soviet rule, discussed how to increase public awareness about European totalitarian past, about causes and consequences of totalitarian regimes, how to educate our younger generation in order to prevent our political systems from influence of dangerous radical ideologies.

International historical conference

PROGRAM AND REPORTS

November 28 (Monday)

 

 Session 1

 

European Memory and Conscience

Moderator Ronaldas Racinskas

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VIDEO

 

 

Prof. Vytautas Landsbergis, Member of European Parliament, Lithuania

VIDEO 

 

 

Mrs. Sandra Kalniete, Member of European Parliament, Latvia

PRESENTATION

VIDEO

 

 

Mrs. Inese Vaidere,  Member of European Parliament, Latvia

REPORT

VIDEO

 

 

Mr. Emanuelis Zingeris, Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee, Seimas, Lithuania

VIDEO 

 

 

Arimantas Dumcius, Member of Parliament

VIDEO 

 

 


 


Session 2

 

Resistance and its suppression

Moderator Dr. Arvydas Anusauskas

 

VIDEO

 

 

Dr. Algirdas Jakubčionis, Persecution of dissidents and youth resistance,  Lithuania

VIDEO

 

 

Kristina Burinskaitė, KGB –  the Pillar of Soviet Occupation Regime in Lithuania, Lithuania

REPORT

VIDEO

 

 

Dr. Volodymyr Viatrovych, KGB against national-democratic movement in Ukraine 1988-1991, Ukraine

REPORT

VIDEO 

 

 

Clara Mares, The ’’Usual Suspects’’. Methods employed by the Romanian Securitate in the surveillance of writers in the late 80’s. Rumania

PRESENTATION

VIDEO

 

 

Discussions.

 VIDEO

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Session 3

 

Economical and demographical changes

Moderator Dr. Algirdas Jakubcionis

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VIDEO

 

 

Jiri Urban, Czechoslovak way of collectivization: total annihilation of private farms, Czech Republic.

REPORT

VIDEO

 

 

Dr. Saulius Grybkauskas, Militarization of Economy: military industry in Soviet Lithuania, Lithuania

REPORT

VIDEO 

 

 

Dr. Vilius Ivanauskas, Soviet “nomenklatura”:  from privileges  to illegality, Lithuania

REPORT

VIDEO 

 

 

Dr. Valdemaras Klumbys, Russification of Lithuania: ideological grounds and practice,  Lithuania

REPORT

 VIDEO

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 Session 4

 

Violation of basic human rights

Moderator  Dr. Nerijus Sepetys

VIDEO

 

 

Kugler Pavel, Persecution of Catholic Church in the Czechoslovakia (1953-1968), Czech Republic

REPORT

VIDEO 

 

 

Birutė Burauskaitė, Methods of Persecution of Church. Lithuania

VIDEO 

 

 

Dr. Indrek Paavle, Some aspects of violation of the basic human rights in the Soviet Union: restrictions of movement and residency, Estonia

REPORT

VIDEO 

 

 

Doc. dr. Arūnas Streikus, Control over cultural relations with overseas, Lithuania

REPORT

VIDEO

 

 

Discussion

VIDEO 

 

 

November 29 (Tuesday)

 

 Session 1

 

The Face of Communism

Moderator Ingrida Vilkiene

 

VIDEO

 

 

Renato Podbersič, Communism in Slovenia – Historical Perspective, Slovenia

REPORT
PRESENTATION
VIDEO

 

 

Boštjan Kolarič, Crimes Committed by Yugoslav Communist Regime – Legal Perspective, Slovenia

REPORT

VIDEO 

 

 

Adrian Cioflanca, The Illusion of Change: The Romanian Youth and the Communist Organizations after Stalin’s Death, Romania

REPORT

VIDEO

 

 

Inga ArlauskaitėSoviet Army in Lithuania: consumption of resources, Lithuania

REPORT

VIDEO 


Edvins Snore, presentation of documentary film “The Soviet Story” followed by the discussion with director, Latvia
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VIDEO



_Session 2.

 

Suppression of self-expression

Moderator Vidmantas Valiusaitis

VIDEO

 

 

Dr. Aurimas ŠvedasMethods of History Falsification in Soviet Lithuania, Lithuania

REPORT

VIDEO 

 

 

Dr. Bogdan Iacob, Socialist Integration and Alternative Geographies of Science: Romania and Soviet Bloc  (1960-1965),  Romania

REPORT

VIDEO

 

 

Linas Tatarūnas, Anti-Zionism actions  and Restriction of Jewish Emigration, Lithuania

REPORT

VIDEO 

 

 

Discussion.

VIDEO

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Session 3

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Education and propaganda

Moderator Ronaldas Račinskas

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VIDEO

 

 

Najbert Jaroslav, “You look at it this way, boy.” How to teach descendants of the orderly citizens of real-socialist Czechoslovakia? Czech Republic

REPORT
PRESENTATION
VIDEO 

 

 

Aija Abens, Teaching History in the Soviet Union – memories of the intrusion of Power, Latvia

REPORT
PRESENTATION
VIDEO 

 

 

Ingrida VilkienėHow to talk about soviet past to students. Methods and tools, Lithuania

REPORT
PRESENTATION
VIDEO

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Discussion



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