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Heinrich Boell conference on the topography of terror.
23.07.2010
In their recent conference in Tbilisi on Stalinist terror a new program for topography of terror was presented. In cooperation with Georgian historians and historical archives a program is launched where first information is gathered on buildings which are connected with Stalinist terror - headquarter of NKVD (later KGB), prisoners, buildings from where deportations were organized, houses of famous victims. Based on gathered information and testimonies of witnesses guided tour is organized in Tbilisi and special webpage is build up with virtual tour.
On the conference representatives from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia shared their experiences on similar projects in their countries. Participants of the conference welcomed the removal of last statues of Stalin in Georgia, but were worried on attempts to restore the glorification of Stalin in Russia and now after the change of power also in Ukraine. Attempts to justify the Stalinist terror and murder of tens of millions people is dangerous as such kind of attitude can easily lead to new bloodshed and terror.