First visit of the President of the Senate in Institute and Archive
President of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic Milan Štěch and the Vice-chairman of the Senate Alena Palečková visited the Intitute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes and Security Services Archive in Prague on 13 January 2012. Senators visited the research center, digitizing and screening workplace and were familiar with work processes and objectives of both institutions. Guests were interested in the practical work of the Institute and Archive, relations with partner institutions in the Czech Republic and abroad and the implementation of the Act on the participants of resistance and resistance against communism.
President of the Senate Milan Štěch and the director of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes Daniel Herman pointed to the importance of the process of dealing with the past in a spirit of objectivity and professionalism and agreed on a principle of non-partisan basis in the work of the Institute and Archive.
