The European Day of Remembrance for Victims of All Authoritarian and Totalitarian Regimes

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Abstract

On 2 April 2009, the European Parliament decided that 23 August each year should mark the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of All Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes. With the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of 23 August 1939, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union had divided Europe into spheres of interest. That agreement, with its secret protocols, preceded the German attack on Poland on 1 September 1939 and the Soviet occupation of eastern Poland, as well as the Soviet occupation and later annexation of the Baltic States, in June 1940.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherEuropean Parliament Research Service
Commissioning bodyEuropean Parliament
Number of pages2
Publication statusPublished - 25 Jul 2022

Publication series

NameAt a Glance
PublisherEuropean Parliament Research Service

Keywords

  • European Parliament
  • Remembrance
  • Politics of History
  • Day of Remembrance

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