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State Security in the Mountains

State Security in the Mountains

Přidáno: December 2, 2020

The State Security was interested – among others – in Jehovah’s Witnesses. During the surveillance of the members of this religious society, the operatives of the 4th department of the Regional Directorate of the SNB in Banská Bystrica spent…

The Agent Hardy

The Agent Hardy

Přidáno: November 4, 2020

“Good evening, my name is Kovalski. Can I speak to Tony Belehrádek sr.? (…) Can I speak? You are a friend of Václav, aren’t you?” These words are at the beginning of a recorded phone call of a member…

Search for Shelters

Search for Shelters

Přidáno: October 6, 2020

After the end of WWII systematic search operations took place in Czechoslovakia for places where valuable things, documents, weaponry and ammunition were hidden. This was focused mainly on the areas where the German occupational units including the SS and…

With Kožíšek through Europe

With Kožíšek through Europe

Přidáno: September 3, 2020

Collection “301”(Investigation Committee for the National and People’s Court at the Ministry of Interior) contains among other materials also extensive documentation of the investigation of the prominent protectorate journalist Antonín Jaromil Kožíšek. Among these materials, we can find a…

Inscriptions on Trains

Inscriptions on Trains

Přidáno: August 3, 2020

We now commemorate 52 years from the occupation of Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw Pact armies. The first anniversary in August 1969 was an opportunity to demonstrate openly the feelings of some citizens about this sad event. In the Security…