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…

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…

Přidáno: September 1, 2019

Disinformation and Operative Camouflage in the Czechoslovak People’s Army (CSLA) The Military Intelligence Headquarters collection contains, besides other materials, also those produced by the so-called Committee for Central Control of Disinformation. Its members were the Chief Commander of the…

Přidáno: August 1, 2019

Using watchtowers played an important role in the military guard system of the Czechoslovak state borders with Austria and Germany in 1951–1989. Originally they were a wooden structure with a gallery and guard shelter on top. Later, mainly metal…