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Evaluation of the Crimes of Communism' CONGRESS 'Evaluation of the Crimes of Communism' Published by Vilnius, 2002 Content I PART "Anti-Communist Congress" Foreword 17 Preface. Crimes of an unconvicted offender 21 Acknowledgements 27 International Congress on the Evaluation of the Crimes of Communism. Members of the Steering Committee 29 MINUTES OF THE PLENARY SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON THE EVALUATION OF THE CRIMES OF COMMUNISM 12 JUNE 2000 31 Welcome speech of the President of the Republic of Lithuania 33 Opening address of Professor Vytautas Landsbergis, Chairman of the Parliament 34 Speech of Andrius Kubilius, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania 41 Speech of Emanuelis Zingeris, Chairman of the Committee on Human Rights 43 Speech of Lech Walesa, former President of Poland 46 Letter of the Romanian President, Emil Constantinescu 50 Speech of Sergei Kovalev, Member of the Russian Duma 53 Speech of Mart Niklus, the representative of Estonia 55 Letter of the Hungarian President Arpad Goncz 57 Speech of Ivan Stanchev, the representative of Bulgaria 58 MINUTES OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS 12 JUNE 2000 (Section I) 61 Dr. Jaraslava Moserova, Czech Republic Deformation of Moral Standards - the Worst Crime of All 65 Sylvia Borisova, Bulgaria Bulgarian Gulag 70 Sergei Kovalev, Russia Survival of the Spirit. The Atmosphere of Communism and its Present-Day Methods 77 H.E. Archbishop Sigitas Tamkevicius, Lithuania The Resistance of the Catholic Church to Spiritual Genocide 82 Arvydas Anusauskas, Lithuania Crimes of Communism in Lithuania: Statistical-Historical Survey 88 Jure Knezovich, Croatia Croatia as a Victim of Yugoslav Communism Ill Maya Kliashtornaya, Belarus Comment on the Destiny of the Intellectuals of Belarus 117 Koci Moisiu, Albania Crimes of Communism in Albania in the Fifties 120 Herbert Romerstein, USA The Soviet-Nazi Alliance and the Western Communist Parties 122 Zita Slicyte, Lithuania Communist Genocide in Occupied Lithuania 132 Evgen Pronyuk, Ukraine Crimes of the Communist Regime against the Ukrainian Population 143 Avo Piirisild, USA Communism - a Criminal Conspiracy (as Determined by the U.S. Congress) 148 Povilas Varanauskas, Lithuania Essence of Communism: Ideology and Practice 150 MINUTES OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS 12 JUNE 2000 (Section II) 159 Uldis Pauls Strelis, Latvia Red Partisan Vasily Kononov - Hero or War Criminal of World War II? 163 Terese Birute Burauskaite, Lithuania Death Sentences and their Execution in 1941-1944: The Legal and Political Aspects 168 Matthew Kott, Latvia The "Shustin List": Content and Context of a Mass Death Sentence 187 Leo Oispuu, Estonia About the Series of Register Books of the Estonian Repressed People 1940-1988 197 Algirdas Endriukaitis, Lithuania Pulsating Genocide. The Killing of Chechens Continues. Duty of Honour and Conscience 201 Nijole Gaskaite'-Zemaitiene,Lithuania The Persecution of Resistance Participants and Dissidents in Lithuania 1944-1990 ... 208 Tatyana Yankelevich, USA Big Brother watching the Great Man (Andrei Sakharov in the KGB reports) 216 Nina Virchenko, Ukraine The Tragic Pages of Ukrainian Mathematical Science 224 Marius Oprea, Romania Torture in Romania during the Fifties 229 Agim Musta, Albania 5,000 Albanian Women in the Communist Prisons and Musine Kokalari 236 Ona Voveriene, Lithuania Losses of Lithuanian Science in the Years of Soviet Genocide (1941-1949) 239 Radim Harecki, Belarus Repressions against the Researchers of the Belarus Academy of Sciences 242 MINUTES OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS 13 JUNE 2000 (Section I) 251 Sachiko Hatanaka, ]apan Mentality Change and Lost Humanism under the Communist Regime 255 Valdas Samonis, Canada The Retarding Effects of Communism on Economic Development: Theory and Evidence '. 259 \Elmut Laane,\Estonia Ethnocide for the Sake of Ideology 280 Heino Noor, Estonia Consequences of Communist Crimes against Humanity. Psychological Findings in Estonia 283 Zianon Pazniak, Belarus Communism as a Form of Russian Imperialism 285 Jiri Blatny, Czech Republic Information Report 295 Emilia Boldishova, Slovakia Production of Post-Communist Motion Pictures 298 Ariel Cohen, USA What do we Know about the Crimes of Communism and what Should we do about them? 300 Constantin Ticu Dumitrescu, Romania The Communist Genocide in Romania 304 Peeter Luksep, Sweden Consequences of Communism - and information about these - from a Swedish perspective 309 Larry Hart, USA To Preserve Their Freedom for Future Generations, Americans Must Remember and Understand the Crimes of Communism 314 Armand Gosu, Romania The last victims of Communism in Romania 317 Algirdas Kancleris, Lithuania Information Crimes of Misocommunism 321 Semion Sharetsky, Belarus The Necessity of the Trial of Bolshevism 333 AH Spahia, Albania Communist Ideology and the Concept of Human Rights 341 Dan Fisk, USA Communism's Tragic Legacy in the Western Hemisphere 343 Harald Strunz, Germany The Reasons for Further Communist Influence in United Germany 352 Rinwydas Valentukevicius, Lithuania The Legal Aspects of Investigation and Evaluation on Communist Crimes. Expansion of the Concept of Genocide 355 Alexander Gribanov, USA Issues of Statehood and Human Rights in the Communist System 370 MINUTES OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS 13 JUNE 2000 (Section II) 375 Arune Arbusauskaite, Lithuania Autochthons of the Klaipeda Region under Soviet Occupation 379 9 Mart Niklus, Estonia Negative Effects of the Soviet Army on Nature and Environment in Estonia .... 385 Igor Kuznetsov, Belarus After-Effects of the Activities of Soviet Punitive Agencies in Belarus in 1920- 1950 391 Andrea Damilano, Italy The Lithuanian Nation and Italy 397 Aminat Saiyeva, Chechnya Crimes of Communism and Post-Communism in Chechnya 399 Edil Baissalov, Kyrgyz Republic The Crimes against the Kyrgyz Intellectuals in the thirties. The Stalinist Repressions in Kyrgyzstan 406 Mykola Kultchynski, Ukraine The Communist Regime: Deadly Enemy of the Ukrainian Nation 412 Petras Cidzikas, Lithuania Soviet Genocide in Lithuania Minor and the Attempts to Denounce it 418 Regina Zukiene, Lithuania Lithuanian Pharmacists - Victims of Genocide 425 Inese Snepsta, Latvia Suppression of the Roman Catholic Church in Soviet-Occupied Latvia in 1940- 1941 428 Bishop Jonas Boruta, Lithuania The Annihilation of Catholic Spirituality during the Years of Soviet Occupation 441 Mait Raun, Estonia Estonian Democrats Fighting for Estonia's Independence in 1968-1975 447 Kalju Matik, Estonia Who is Guilty? What is the Price of Conscience? 452 FINAL SITTING OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON THE EVALUATION OF THE CRIMES OF COMMUNISM 14 JUNE 2000 457 Speech of H.E. Archbishop Sigitas Tamkevicius 461 Speech of Prof. Valdas Samonis from Canada 464 Dr. Arvydas Anusauskas gives information on the successful Congress 466 10 Speech of Prof. Vytautas Landsbergis, Chairman of the Lithuanian Parliament 467 . Academician Antanns D. Tyla makes concluding remarks 471 Speech of Tomorr Aliko, Albania 473 Speech of Povilas Jakucionis 474 Speech by Felix Krasavin, Israel 476 DOCUMENTS ADOPTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON THE EVALUATION OF THE CRIMES OF COMMUNISM , 479 Resolution "Regarding International Co-Operation in Investigating and Legally Evaluating the Crimes of Communism" 479 Appeal to the United Nations Organisation, Parliaments and Governments of all States Regarding the Establishment of an International Court against Communism and Communist Criminals 480 Appeal to the World Community and International Public Organisations Concerning the Establishment of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of the Crimes of Communism and their Perpetrators 481 Resolution "Regarding the Spiritual Consequences of Genocide" 482 Resolution "Regarding the Extension of the Meaning of the Concept of 'Genocide' 483 Resolution "Regarding Preventive Measures against the Restoration (Renewal) of Communism" 484 Resolution "Regarding the Condemnation of Communist Ideology and Doctrine" 485 Resolution "Regarding Compensation for the Damage Done by the Communist Occupation Regimes" 487 Ruling of Vilnius International Public Tribunal 488 11 II PART Proceedings of the International Public Tribunal in Vilnius On the Evaluation of the Crimes of Communism 2000 Foreword 495 DOCUMENTS ESTABLISHING THE TRIBUNAL 499 Resolution of the International Congress on the Evaluation of the Crimes of Communism 499 Agreement of the Participants of the International Congress on the Evaluation of the Crimes of Communism 501 Proposal on the election of the Judges, Prosecutors and the Secretary of the Tribunal 503 The Minutes of the Approval of the Statutes of the Tribunal and the Trial Chamber 504 The Statutes of the Tribunal 509 I. The organisation of the Tribunal 509 II. Jurisdiction and General Principles 510 III. Rights and obligations of the Tribunal 513 Judges, Prosecutors and Defenders at the International Public Tribunal in Vilnius .' 515 INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC TRIBUNAL IN VILNIUS SESSION I, 12-14 JUNE 2000 517 Session 1 of 12 June 2000, open at 2.30 p. m 517 I. Rules of Procedure of The Tribunal 518 II. Statements of the Prosecution 523 Chief Prosecutor Zita Slicyte (Lithuania) 523 Levko G. Lukyanenko (Ukraine) 532 Constant in Ticu Dumitrescu (Romania) 540 Luan Daci (Albania) 542 III. Evidence of the Victims 544 Aukse Ramanauskaite-Skokauskiene (Lithuania) 544 Statement of the death sentence to Adolfas Ratnanaiiskas-Vanagas 546 Balys Gajauskas (Lithuania) 549 Alfonsas Svarinskas (Lithuania) 555 12 Session 2 of 13 June 2000, open at 9.00 a.m. 563 Algirdas Petrusevicius (Lithuania) 564 IV. Testimony of
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