Přidáno: June 1, 2018

On 20 September 1945 a large deputation of local politicians, officials, army officers, media and photographers came to the internment camp in Kolín. The visit was organised by the camp administrator Bedřich Kárník. Its purpose was to disprove the…

Přidáno: May 7, 2018

The 20 kilometres of archive materials that are lodged with the Security Services Archive sometimes contain something quite unexpected. One of such document sets is also the documentation of sports competitions and celebrations held by the National Security Corps…

Přidáno: April 6, 2018

Sixty-eight years ago, during the night of 13/14 April, the first stage of the so called “Operation K” (Akce K in Czech) took place in Czechoslovakia. During that night 219 monasteries were forcefully closed by the State Police and…