Anders Hjemdahl, Sweden
Anders Hjemdahl, Sweden

Author(s): Anders Hjemdahl
Subject(s): Criminology, History of Communism
Published by: Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů
Summary/Abstract: Ladies and gentlemen, excellencies, honored guests, I would like to begin by expressing that I’m honored to be here in Prague, and how happy I am to see so many people here from so many organizations and institutions in so many countries. I would also like to thank the prime minister of the Czech Republic and commend our Czech hosts and organizers for their excellent and hard work in bringing us all together here in Prague, right in the heart of the reunified Europe. We are all here for basically the same reasons. One reason is a wish to, at long last, bring the crimes of communism to light, and make this tragic part of European, and indeed of World history, an integral part of the general, public knowledge of recent history. Another reason is to, finally, see at least some measure of justice be done, to the still unpunished perpetrators of these crimes, the effects of which will continue to haunt and affect hundreds of millions of people for generations to come.

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