Přidáno: December 6, 2022

Sometimes a material is found during the cataloguing process that has no direct link to the collection being catalogued, but can still provide interesting information and sometimes also an entertaining piece of reading. An example of this is the…

Přidáno: November 8, 2022

The so-called Council Renewal Work (“Dilo koncilove obnovy”, abbreviated as DKO) was a revival movement that emerged in the Catholic Church in Czechoslovakia during the so-called 1968 Prague Spring. It strove to fully revive the church life, which had…

Přidáno: October 6, 2022

The Security Services Archive (ABS) keeps in custody also materials that hardly anyone would be looking for here. An example of such materials could be the promotional materials published by the Special Services Department of the High Command of…

Přidáno: September 5, 2022

It was the year 1952, and a pair of Czechoslovak sportsmen was in full control of the 15th Summer Olympics in Helsinki. The Zátopeks won golden medals in one day and in a short interval, something still seen as…

Přidáno: August 8, 2022

The collection entitled StB Investigation Headquarters – Investigation Files includes an extensive file, V-3200 CB, for investigation of unidentified culprits who were thought to have committed the crime of subverting the republic. This was based on the fact that…