20 Years Since Fall of Iron Curtain to be Observed in Helsinki

14.03.2009

20 Years Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain
60 Years Since the Deportations in the Baltics

Fear Behind the Wall
Seminar and concert

Monday, 23 March 2009, 17.00-20.30
Helsinki, Cinema Orion, Eerikinkatu 15

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P  R  O  G  R  A  M  M E

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17.00 – SEMINAR

GREETINGS
Merle Pajula, Ambassador of the Republic of Estonia
Einars Semanis, Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia
Halina Kobeckaité, Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania
Anna Žīgure, author and former ambassador of the Republic of Latvia

PRESENTATIONS
Moderator: political scientist and columnist Iivi Anna Masso
Toomas Hiio, Estonian Foundation for the Investigation of Crimes Against Humanity
Martin Arpo, Estonian Security Police, former investigator of crimes against humanity and war crimes
Professor Seppo Zetterberg

INTERVIEW
Editors of the article compilation "Fear Behind Us All"
Imbi Paju and Sofi Oksanen interviewed by Iivi Anna Masso

INTRODUCTION
Introduction to the film programme "Fear Behind the Wall"
Antti Alanen, Finnish National Audiovisual Archive

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19.30 – CONCERT

GREETING
Marten Kokk, Secretary General of the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

PREMIER
REQUIEM
Jüri Reinvere's music and spoken word composition "Requiem"
will be complemented by a film from Australian director Catherine Jarvis
of documentary video clips from the years 1911 - 1940.
"Requiem" is the message of those we have lost brought to today's audiences.

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The working languages of the seminar are Finnish and English (no translation will occur).
The seminar and concert are free and open to all guests,
although the number of spaces is limited.
Free tickets are available from the box office of the cinema "Orion" on Eerikinkatu 15.

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Organisers: The Estonian Embassy in Helsinki in co-operation with
Sofi Oksanen, Imbi Paju, WSOY, the Finnish National Audiovisual Archive,
and the embassies of Latvia and Lithuania in Helsinki.

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Press releases:
20 Years Since Fall of Iron Curtain to be Observed in Helsinki
Article Compilation "Fear Behind Us All" to Be Released in Helsinki