Archived materials of the month

Operation Beta

Operation Beta

Přidáno: October 1, 2023

In the archive documents of the month (October) we present the third document from the territory of Africa. It is linked to Portuguese Guinea, where an armed struggle for independence has been going on since the 1960s. The most…

Two Letters from Czechoslovakia

Two Letters from Czechoslovakia

Přidáno: September 19, 2023

The plenipotentiary of Boris Yeltzin, the President of the Russian Federation handed over to Vaclav Havel, the President of the Czechoslovak Federative Republic a collection of seven verified copies of documents on 16 July 1992 that had up to…

Foreign Equipment at the Danube Border Guard

Foreign Equipment at the Danube Border Guard

Přidáno: July 10, 2023

After the end of the Second World War and the restoration of the Czechoslovak Republic, the question arose as to how to protect the state borders on the Danube. After the change of the Czechoslovak-Hungarian border in 1947, when…

Honoured against His Own Will

Honoured against His Own Will

Přidáno: June 12, 2023

One of the characteristic features of the post-war period were the efforts of the security forces to track down and punish any collaborators of the Protectorate regime as they deserved. Many of these persons were awarded the so-called St….