Behind the Iron Curtain: English-language review

Behind the Iron Curtain  (PDF 3,2 MB)

History

  • Milestones in Recent Czech History (1938-1989)
  • Coming to Terms With the 20th Century Totalitarian Past

Introduction

  • Inception and International Cooperation of the Institute and Archive
  • Highlights of Institute Activities
  • Formation and Priorities of the Security Services Archive

Interview

  • We Were Unhappy and Have Begun Not to Know It: Interview with Jiří Gruša on the lack of virtuousness and the threshold of memory

Articles and Studies

  • Getting to Grips With Munich's Painful Legacy: The Agreement's long-term effects are still a live issue and subject of debate
  • Wartime Wounds Cast Long Shadow over Czech Society: Czechs were among Nazi Germany’s first foreign victims
  • Cautious Preparations for the Černínský Palace Revolution: February 1948 and persecution of employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Communist Regime Investigative Aids Help Historians Uncover Secrets: Preparation of the Action 48 card index for researchers’ use
  • Political Executions in Communist Czechoslovakia: Intentional misuse of the implementation of justice
  • A Cheap and Dispensable Tool for Uranium Extraction: “Class enemies” used as forced labor in mines during the Communist regime
  • Hope, Warnings and Lessons From Across the Border: International impact of the Prague Spring and its crushing
  • Student’s Self-Sacrifice Scrutinized on Anniversary: Czech society reviews Jan Palach’s act after 40 years
  • The NKVD/KGB – The Service That Came In For the Cold War: International conference series expands channels of research and cooperation
  • The Far-Reaching Battle Over the Secret Policemen’s Files: Post-Velvet Revolution scandal that shook the government

Presentation

  • Exhibition: Czech Society Between Munich and the War
  • Exhibition: On the Cold War Front – Czechoslovakia 1948-1956
  • Educational DVD: 1968: Shattered Hopes
  • Book: Victims of the Occupation
  • Exhibition and Book: Orwell in Photographs, Prague Through the Lens of the Secret Police
  • International Conference: Resistance and Opposition Against the Communist Regime in Czechoslovakia and Central Europe

ÚSTR, Prague 2009, 54 pages, ISBN 978-80-87211-21-2