Campaign remembering victims of communist regime gets underway in Prague

A campaign called Proti ztrátě paměti or Fighting Memory Loss, marking the Day of Remembrance for the victims of the communist regime, got underway at Prague’s Wenceslas Square on Thursday afternoon. The campaign, organised by the NGO People in Need since 2011, remembers the victims of the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet troops in 1968. At the same time, it also marks 24 years since the departure of the armed Soviet army from Czechoslovakia. Various events, including film screenings, lectures and theatrical performances are scheduled to take place in Prague over the course of the next five days.