Summary of the conference

The conference “The End of the Cold War. Solidarity as the Beginning of the End of Communism” took place from 12-13 October in Gdańsk. It was organised by the Solidarity Centre Foundation. The meeting was attended by approximately 300 participants, including almost 200 representatives of 18 youth organisations (universities as well) who had arrived to Gdańsk from Belarus, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania,, Poland, Russia and Sweden.

The event was organised by and for young people and it aimed to preserve knowledge of the recent history, to integrate and activate youth around the problem of protection the places of historical importance of the Cold War period.

The project came into being thanks to the financial support of the European Commission and the Ministry of the Foreign Affairs of Poland. The latter supported the project within the framework of its regularly organised programme “Promoting the knowledge of Poland”. Its organisation was a part of events commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of communism.

The main partner of the conference was the Baltic Initiative and Network that gathers the Baltic Sea countries and acts for the sake of preserving the cultural heritage of the Cold War period.

Report from the first day of the conference

Report from the second day of the conference