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Crimes of the Communist Regimes
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English version of the collection contains more than 40 papers from participants at the international conference (Prague, 24 - 26 February 2010). The conference was made possible through cooperation with our partner institutions and organisations in the working group on the Platform of European Memory and Conscience. Its aim was to try and create an overview of the crimes committed by the communist regimes behind the Iron Curtain, to assess them from a legal point of view and to search for possible suggestions on how to deal with these crimes today. |
DVD 20 Years After/20 let poté
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This collection contains 27 papers from participants at the international conference on “Twenty Years After: Central and Eastern European Communist Regimes as a Shared Legacy,” which was organized in November 2009 by the Czech Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes in cooperation with four partner institutions in Central and Eastern Europe. The conference focused on the legacy of the non-democratic past. Unlike more common approaches stressing the radical nature of ruptures accompanying the demise of communist regimes in the region, both the academic community and Central and Eastern European societies are now probably ready to accept a more detailed account of prevailing – but also of transformed – social and political practices. The papers are divided into the following thematic sections: Transitional Justice, the Transformation of Security Forces, Lifestyle(s) and the Culture of Everyday Life under Late Communism, the Roots of the Fall of Communism, the Conceptualization of History in Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Education during the (Post-) Totalitarian Period, and “Old” Networks in Post-Communist Settings. The DVD also contains photographs and video recordings from the conference as well as eight publications in English published by the Institute. |
NKVD/KGB activities and its cooperation with other secret services in Central and Eastern Europe 1945-1989, II
(Aktivity NKVD/KGB a její spolupráce s tajnými službami střední a východní Evropy 1945–1989, II)
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This anthology contains papers from individual participants at the international conference on “NKVD/KGB activities and its cooperation with other secret services in Central and Eastern Europe 1945-1989, II,” which was organised on 9-11 November 2008 by the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes in cooperation with the Institute of Historical Studies of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Poland’s Institute of National Remembrance and the Czech Senate. The 22 texts by European and overseas historians are divided into five thematic sections: 1. the archives of security forces in Central and Eastern European countries; 2. the establishment of the security apparatus in Soviet satellite states after World War II; 3. Central and Eastern Europe as a starting point for intelligence infiltration into Western societies; 4. the development of cooperation between the NKVD/KGB and satellite intelligence services; and 5. the operations of communist intelligence services, joint operations managed by the KGB. The texts are in English, Czech or Slovak; summaries of all texts are included in English. Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, 2009, 1st edition, paperback, 292 pages, ISBN 978-80-87211-24-3 |
Anthology of the Security Services Archive 6/2008
(Sborník Archivu bezpečnostních složek 6/2008)
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The latest issue of the Archive's professional periodical features 12 contributions from Security Services Archive and Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes staff members. The authors chiefly deal with the period of the communist regime, but the anthology also covers the period of the Protectorate. The wide selection of themes that the anthology offers includes the issues of drug addiction, Czechoslovak and Soviet foreign intelligence services and the Border Guard Service brigades. The publication contains articles and studies as well as biographies and analyses of Archive collections and documents. ABS, ÚSTR, Prague 2009, 1st edition, hardcover, 464 pages, Czech, ISBN 978-80-87211-19-9 This publication is available only in Czech. |
The Security Apparatus, Propaganda and the Prague Spring
(Bezpečnostní aparát, propaganda a Pražské jaro)
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The anthology from the international conference “The Security Apparatus, Propaganda and the Prague Spring” features 20 participants’ papers. The contributions are thematically divided into several sections: the European perspective on the Prague Spring, reactions of the security apparatus of Soviet satellites to the Prague Spring, studies on the Czechoslovak security apparatus in the context of the Prague Spring, and studies concerning certain aspects of the occupation itself. The authors further touch on the second life of the Prague Spring, or how incidents of the year 1968 influenced events to come in Europe. ÚSTR, Praha 2009, 1st edition, soft bound, 280 pages, Czech, ISBN 978-80-87211-23-6 This publication is available only in Czech. |
Munich 1938 and Czech Society – Proceedings from the Symposium on the 70th Anniversary of the Signing of the Munich Agreement
(Mnichov 1938 a česká společnost – sborník ze sympozia k 70. výročí podepsání mnichovské dohody)
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The international scholarly symposium which took place in September 2008 at the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes attempted to introduce the “Munich” events of the year 1938 from various angles. The contributions of leading Czech and German historians who participated in the conference – Robert Kvaček, Václav Kural, Hans H. Hahn, Eva Hahnová, Miloš Trapl, Ladislav Kudrna and Zdeněk Hazdra – are found in this publication. ÚSTR, Prague 2008, 1st edition, 140 x 200 mm, 120 pages, Czech, ISBN 978-80-87211-06-9 This publication is available only in Czech. |
Anthology of the Security Services Archive 5/2007
(Sborník Archivu bezpečnostních složek 5/2007)
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The fifth issue of the Anthology of the Security Services Archive presents articles and papers, information on individuals who significantly influenced modern Czech history, documents and commentaries, reports on collections used by researchers, and miscellaneous further texts, focusing on the expert public, historians, archivists, students, as well as lay readers interested in the recent Czech past. The main contribution in the articles and papers section is Iva Kvapilová’s “The Organizational Development of the National Security Corps (Sbor národní bezpečnosti – SNB) in the 1970s, Focusing on its Public Security Service,” in which she covers the structure and development of the SNB in the 1970s, its personnel makeup, attempts at reorganization, cooperation with almost all sectors of the state and non-state apparatus, and confusion between the State Security Service and the Ministry of the Interior. In his article, “‘Action, Flyers,’” Jiří Mikulka presents stories of five former RAF fliers who attempted to depart into exile in December 1950. The theme of Czechoslovak RAF flyers is further mentioned in the Collections and Materials section. In the Personnel column, we find a biographical study on the notable democratic politician and political prisoner of the Communist regime, Prokop Drtina, written by Ondřej Koutek, and a portrait of Arnold Keilberth, the journalist and StB collaborator, contributed by Prokop Tomek. The anthology additionally contains short reports and information accompanied by photographs, a detailed list of names and extensive list of abbreviations. Department of the Security Services Archive of the Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic, Prague 2007, 1st edition, 392 pages, Czech. This publication is only available in Czech. |