Institute's co-operation with Slovak partners was initiated by Professor Kieres' visit in Bratislava on November 29th, 2000. IPN President met Slovak Minister of Justice Jan Äarnogursky for the first time on that occasion. President Kieres took also part in the seminar on Experiences of the Poland's systemic transformation organised by Jerzy Kronhold, Director of the Polish Institute in Bratislava.
The Institute of National Remembrance hosted in Warsaw a Slovak delegation from the Ministry of Justice on August 30th, 2001. On that occasion President Leon Kieres met Minister of Justice of the Slovak Republic Jan Äarnogursky and presented to him responsibilities and latest achievements of the Institute of National Remembrance – Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation.
Slovak Institute of Nation Remembrance
The government of the Slovak Republic made a decision to create the Institute of Nation Remembrance on January 29th, 2003. The tasks of the Institute are to gather, elaborate and publish analyses concerning all crimes against humanity committed during the existence of the Slovak state during the IIWW and the communist regime.
On April 25th, 2003 the authorities of the Institute were elected by the Slovak National Council. Mr. Jan Langosz was nominated to the position of the Institute’s President. Mr. Langosz is a former Interior Minister and parliamentarian. He was actively engaged in the conceptual work on the act bringing the Institute into life.
The Institute has been placed in the Ministry of Justice. It is estimated by the Slovak Insitute’s President that every Slovak citizen will have a possibility to examine his or her records that were accumulated against them by the former communist services within three months starting from May 2003. In September 2003 lists of names of the former Secret Service collaborators are to be promulgated.
The Slovak Institute’s authorities plan to initiate negotiations with the Czech partners on the issues pertaining to the acquisition of documents that may be in the possession of Czechs.
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