European Skeletons From the Closet / SOC

A round table and discussion on the topic of lesser-known dark stories from World War II will be held in the Creative District on 26 June within the Fortress of Peace programme arch, implemented by the Faculty of Philosophy, and with the support of the Austrian Cultural Forum.
There is almost no country without its own dark story from World War II. Although, when it comes to crimes, attention has long been focused on losing countries (primarily Germany and Japan), it would be unfair to ignore the role of Quisling regimes across Europe.
In many European countries, World War II was used by extremists to take power and, with the help of the occupiers, to deal with those ethnic and religious groups that they considered responsible for the difficult situation in their countries.
Today, most of these countries have laws punishing Holocaust denial (including Germany itself), but many frightening stories have not yet been told.
If we add to this the unjustly neglected genocide of the Roma, which took place in parallel with the Holocaust (and in some places it was much more brutal), then it is our duty today, even though almost eighty years have passed since the end of the war, to tell their stories and therefore prevent similar events in the future.

Speakers:

– Daniel Schuster (Austrian Foreign Service / Austrian Service Abroad)

– Agnes Daróczi (Romano Instituto Budapest)

– Tatjana Milovanović (Post-Conflict Research Center, Sarajevo)

Moderator: Milovan Pissari (Institute of Philosophy and Social Theory, Belgrade)

Photo: Promo