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Tišler Affair (1968)

Tišler Affair (1968)

Přidáno: February 1, 2020

It’s been already almost 60 years since one of the greatest affairs of the Intelligence Department of the General Headquarters of the Czechoslovak People’s Army that influenced considerably the functioning of this intelligence service and caused its complete personal…

The False Dutchman

The False Dutchman

Přidáno: January 6, 2020

In spring 1993 an inconspicuous man came to the Czech Republic from Great Britain, unnoticed by the media. Hardly anybody was aware that this man was an officer of the I. Directorate of Security Corps – the foreign intelligence…

OPERATION NORBERT

OPERATION NORBERT

Přidáno: December 3, 2019

Shortly after the changes that began on 17 November 1989 it was not certain at all whether the regime would use its power against the rising protests. In such case, plans to carry out special security operations would be…

Burning in Kanice

Burning in Kanice

Přidáno: November 4, 2019

The department of the Security Services Archive in Kanice by Brno attracted the attention of public as well as media because of the infamous “wild discarding” of State Security documents. The building which the Archive uses now was the…

Comrade Maybug

Comrade Maybug

Přidáno: October 1, 2019

There was not much space to criticize the regime neither in Czechoslovakia nor in the whole Eastern Bloc during the times of the Communist Party rule. Questioning the government’s successes and ridiculing communist statesmen in public was perceived as…