Archived materials of the month

How to Identify an Anonymous Writer

How to Identify an Anonymous Writer

Přidáno: July 7, 2022

To identify the anonymous “culprits” – writers of anti-state letters or texts, the State Security used criminology methods that were supposed to help limit the group of possible suspects or directly point to a specific person. Here are some…

The Story of a “Real” Agent

The Story of a “Real” Agent

Přidáno: June 8, 2022

On 10 November 1965 a brief notice by the Czechoslovak Press Agency emerged in the daily press about the return of a former diplomat, member of the American espionage agency and official of the émigré organisations, Mikuláš Pátek, to…

Caricatures

Caricatures

Přidáno: May 3, 2022

A collection of 31 caricatures, documented by the photographer Karel Novak (1925–2007) in August 1968 in the streets of Prague, is part of the investigation file no. V-11089 MV, the case of Hubert Stein et al. These caricatures were…

Socialist Work Brigade

Socialist Work Brigade

Přidáno: April 5, 2022

The idea of the so-called Socialist Work Brigade emerged in the 1950s in the USSR, where the Communist Work Brigade was established in 1958. By the end of the 1950, voices came to be heard of the “unaware people”…

Mobilisation File Filming

Mobilisation File Filming

Přidáno: March 2, 2022

Last year, extensive acquisition of archival materials created by the former Czechoslovak Foreign Intelligence continued. These materials are reassessed and transferred to the Security Services Archive from the Office for Foreign Relations and Information according to Sect. 14 Par….