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Stalin, along with Hitler, steered the course of 20th century European history (Photo: EUobserver)

Czech Republic seeks EU institute on totalitarianism

The Czech Republic, sitting at the EU's helm from January 2009, is to seek the establishment of a new European body that could serve as a research institute into totalitarianism and a museum of victims of totalitarian regimes.

"The institution could cover our totalitarian past from Portugal through Greece to the Baltic States," Pavel Zacek from the Prague-based Institute for Totalitarian Studies, said on Thursday (18 September).

Speaking at a public hearing on the issue in the E...

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Stalin, along with Hitler, steered the course of 20th century European history (Photo: EUobserver)

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