Přidáno: February 3, 2022

The state apparatus of the communist Czechoslovakia took care of the health of its staff members. Materials regarding sanitary and epidemiological matters can therefore be found in the Security Services Archive. For example, on 25 July 1955 the minister…

Přidáno: January 5, 2022

The collection of State Security Investigation Headquarters – Investigation Files includes, under no. V-2522 CB, an investigation file with an unknown offender who allegedly should have committed the offence of defaming a state of the world’s socialist system. The…

Přidáno: December 6, 2021

The topic of illegal migration was a major issue in the past, especially during the Cold war when thousands of people tried to get from the East to the West. There were many ways and means of transport used…

Přidáno: November 3, 2021

2nd Dept. of the Staff Headquarters and Its Predictions of Development in Czechoslovakia’s Neighbouring States Every state establishes its intelligence services, and such was also the case of post-war Czechoslovakia that found itself, or actually continued to be, surrounded…

Přidáno: October 13, 2021

This archival material of the month deals with one case of death at the state border in October 1949 and its later investigation in 1954. The text is based especially on the materials that are part of the archival…