The ‘Prague Declaration’

and preceding/derivative European campaigns based on 'Double Genocide': the proposed 'equivalence' of Nazi and Soviet crimes as revisionist European history. . .

The ‘Prague Declaration’ includes the following demands of the European Union:

‘recognize Communism and Nazism as a common legacy’

‘recognition that many crimes committed in the name of Communism should be assessed as crimes against humanity serving as a warning for future generations, in the same way Nazi crimes were assessed by the Nuremberg Tribunal’

‘ensuring the principle of equal treatment and non-discrimination of victims of all the totalitarian regimes’

‘a day of remembrance of the victims of both Nazi and Communist totalitarian regimes’

‘adjustment and overhaul of European history textbooks so that children could learn and be warned about Communism and its crimes in the same way as they have been taught to assess the Nazi crimes’

Demands that the 'Lithuanian suggestion to evaluate as equal crimes of Nazism and Stalinism' be taken up by all EU countries (30 November 2007).

The precursor conference on 'United Europe, United History' in Tallinn (22 January 2008). 23 Jan. BNS report on the event, from the website of an Estonian MEP active in the movement (report now removed).

The 'Prague Declaration' (3 June 2008) at its own site; alternate link.

The 'Prague Declaration' on the website of the 'International Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania'; in Lithuanian.

The European Parliament resolution (2 April 2009) recommending a single mixed 'Europe-wide Day of Remembrance for the victims of totalitarian and authoritarian regimes' [see item 15].

Elements of the 'Prague Declaration' (ambiguous 'double genocide language') inserted into the OSCE's 'Vilnius Declaration' of 3 July 2009 [see p. 48, points 3 and 10].

Incumbent chairman of the European Parliament thanks the Baltic states for educating the West via the red-brown resolutions (28 April 2009).

Elements of the 'Prague Declaration' presented to the European Parliament session of 14 October 2009 (BNS report of 13 October).

Critiques of the Prague Declaration (and associated resolutions)

Holocaust survivors protest.

British Parliament (31 January 2008): MP John Mann, chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group against Antisemitism, critiques the January 2008 precursor of the 'Prague Declaration' [see entry for 2:30 PM, paragraph 4; see also paragraph 3].

Jewish Chronicle (22 May 2009): 'Prague's declaration of disgrace: a European attempt to equate Communism with Nazism will falsify history' (by Dovid Katz).

Irish Times (30 May 2009): 'Genocide Industry has hidden agenda. Attempts at equalizing historical wrongs are often aimed at Holocaust Obfuscation' (by Dovid Katz).

Jerusalem Post (12 July 2009): 'A combined day of commemoration for victims of Nazism and Communism?' (by Efraim Zuroff).

ITF [International Task Force on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research] (17 August 2009): Statement of the ITF Chair regarding the European Parliament resolution on European conscience and totalitarianism' (by Ambassador Tom Vraalsen).

Guardian (28 September 2009): 'The Nazi whitewash. I can't believe Eric Pickles supports Latvia's "For Fatherland and Freedom" party, which wants to rewrite a murderous history' (by Efraim Zuroff); alternate link.

OSCE Human Rights Conference in Warsaw (5 October 2009): ‘“Prague Declaration” is a project to delete the Holocaust from European history’  (by Shimon Samuels); press release; alternate link.

Guardian (20 October 2009): 'I knew this day of Holocaust "debate" would come. Just not in my lifetime' (by Jonathan Freedland)

Clemens Heni (26 October 2009): ‘The Prague Declaration, Holocaust Trivialization and antisemitism’ by Clemens Heni. PDF

Jewish Chronicle (29 October 2009): UK MP John Mann, chair of the All-Party Group against Antisemitism in Parliament, calls the Prague Declaration ‘a sinister document’ in his ‘Europe must focus on Baltic hate’.