Archive of past events


Representatives of the Institute and the Archive visit Yad Vashem

Jerusalem: The establishment of official ties and the preparation of further measures for mutual cooperation were the main reasons for a visit by the director of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes Daniel Herman, the director of the Security Services Archive Jana Poddaná, the director’s adviser Pavel Žáček, and the Institute’s external relations coordinator Neela Winkelman-Heyrovská to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial. The guests were also accompanied by the Czech ambassador to Israel Tomáš Pojar.

Přidáno: 30.03.2011

Jana Poddaná appointed as new director of the Security Services Archive

Prague, 17 December 2010 – Following discussions by the Institute Council, the current director of the State District Archives in Pardubice, Dr Jana Poddaná, was today appointed as director of the Security Services Archive.

Přidáno: 06.01.2011

Swedish MP and embassy representative pay a visit to the Institute and the Archive

Prague, 7 June 2010 — On Monday, 7 June, the Swedish MP Hans Wallmark paid a visit to the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes and the Security Services Archive in the company of the Counsellor of the Swedish Embassy in Prague Rolf Ericsson...

Přidáno: 09.06.2010

Willem Debeuckelaere visited the Security Services Archive

Prague, 28 April 2010 - The Chairman of the Belgian Privacy Commission Mr Willem Debeuckelaere visited the Security Services Archive on Wednesday 28 April. With the Security Services Archive Director Ladislav Bukovszký he discussed the rules of access to documents for researchers and the protection of personal data. The Security Forces Archive has been selected as one of two European archives to present their methods at an international conference in Brussels within the Belgian EU-Presidency this autumn. The other archive in question is the German BStU, the oldest of its kind in the former “Eastern bloc”...

Přidáno: 30.04.2010

Discussion with Advocate Ntsiki Sandi, member of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission

On 1 March 2010, Advocate Ntsiki Sandi, former member of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission will be visiting the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes and the Security Services Archive. At the occasion of this rare visit, the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes cordially invites to a discussion with Advocate Sandi on the topic “Truth and Reconciliation Commission”, to be held on Monday, 1 March 2010 at 3 – 4.30 pm in the 1st floor lecture hall of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, Siwiecova 2, Prague 3.

Přidáno: 01.03.2010

Dear researchers

The Security Services Archive's research room will be closed for operational reasons between December 28-31, 2009.

Přidáno: 22.12.2009

Results of the Activities of the Institute for the Study of Totalitiarian Regimes and the Security Services Archive

We would like to take the liberty of providing you with some information regarding the activities of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes and the Security Services Archive, since their establishment on 1 February 2008 up to 30 November 2009.

Přidáno: 07.12.2009

The Institute and Archive Receive a Joint Visit from the Ambassors of the Kingdom of Belgium and the Republic of South Africa

Prague, December 2, 2009 – The directors of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes and Security Services Archive, Pavel Žáček and Ladislav Bukovszky, welcomed two esteemed visitors in one day at the institutions they run...

Přidáno: 03.12.2009

“Prague Through the Lens of the Secret Police” Exhibition Opens at Harvard University

Boston, November 15, 2009 – The Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes and Security Services Archive, in cooperation with the Cold War Studies Project at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University, opened the exhibition “Prague Through the Lens of the Secret Police” and introduced the companion book of surveillance photographs on November 15 at Harvard’s Center for Government and International Studies in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Přidáno: 19.11.2009

Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes publicizes lists of staff servicemen of SNB Directorate I and II

Prague, November 9, 2009 – On the day marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes and the Security Services Archive are presenting the latest additions to the Institute’s Web project dedicated to the landmark year 1989 in Czechoslovakia.

Přidáno: 09.11.2009