Press Releases
2012
- 17. 01. 2012 – Exhibition Jan Palach´69 in the library of the Faculty of Arts of Charles University
- 16. 01. 2012 – Web portal about Jan Palach
- 13. 01. 2012 – First visit of the President of the Senate in Institute and Archive
2011
- 14. 10. 2011 – Platform of European Memory and Conscience founded in Prague on 14 October, 2011
- 03. 10. 2011 – Madeleine Albright visits the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes
- 29. 09. 2011 – Platform of European Memory and Conscience to be established in Prague during the summit of the Prime ministers of the Visegrad group
- 29. 08. 2011 – A final farewell to Ctirad Mašín
- 19. 07. 2011 – Visit of Iraqi minister to the Institute and the Archive
- 08. 06. 2011 – Agreement on cooperation with Slovenian partner
- 23. 05. 2011 – Yad Vashem Archives Director visits the Institute and Archive
- 06. 05. 2011 – International conference on 60th anniversary of Radio Free Europe
- 14. 04. 2011 – The Kuwaiti ambassador to the Czech Republic, His Excellency Ayman Al-Adsani, has visited the Institute and the Archive
- 13. 04. 2011 – The German Ambassador to the Czech Republic Johannes Haindl has visited the Institute and the Archive
- 07. 04. 2011 – A delegation representing the World Affairs Council from Pittsburgh visited the Institute and Archive
- 06. 04. 2011 – Institute Directors Make Working Visit to the United States
- 04. 04. 2011 – Madeleine Albright visits the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes and the Security Services Archive
- 30. 03. 2011 – Representatives of the Institute and the Archive visit Yad Vashem
- 22. 03. 2011 – The opening of the exhibition “Prague through the Lens of the Secret Police” in Moscow
- 16. 03. 2011 – Representatives of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes at the inauguration of Roland Jahn
2010
- 17. 12. 2010 – Jana Poddaná appointed as new director of the Security Services Archive
- 20. 08. 2010 – The publication of KGB USSR dossiers on Czechoslovakia (1968–1969)
- 07. 06. 2010 – Swedish MP and embassy representative pay a visit to the Institute and the Archive
- 12. 05. 2010 – The Council of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes relieves Jiří Pernes of the post of director and appoints Zdeněk Hazdra
- 01. 03. 2010 – Ntsiki Sandi, former member of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, visits the Institute and Archive
- 28. 02. 2010 – Discussion with Advocate Ntsiki Sandi, member of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- 28. 02. 2010 – Statement by participants of the international conference “Crimes of the Communist Regimes”
- 24. 02. 2010 – International conference “Crimes of the Communist Regimes”
- 18. 01. 2010 – Presentation of the working group on the Platform of European Memory and Conscience in Brussels
2009
- 14. 12. 2009 – Agreement signed with an additional Ukrainian partner
- 08. 12. 2009 – Institute Director Žáček becomes founding member of the International Learned Committee of the Estonian Institute of Historical Memory
- 07. 12. 2009 – Results of the Activities of the Institute for the Study of Totalitiarian Regimes and the Security Services Archive
- 16. 11. 2009 – The Institute Awards Champions of Democracy and Freedom – Conferral ceremony of the Václav Benda Award
- 15. 11. 2009 – “Prague Through the Lens of the Secret Police” Exhibition Opens at Harvard University
- 09. 11. 2009 – Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes publicizes lists of staff servicemen of SNB Directorate I and II
- 06. 11. 2009 – Invitation to a press conference
- 05. 11. 2009 – “Prague Through the Lens of the Secret Police” Exhibition Tour Continues with Opening at Harvard University
- 04. 11. 2009 – Institute activities related to the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia
- 03. 11. 2009 – On the Cold War Front - Czechoslovakia 1948–1956
- 27. 10. 2009 – Institute Director Receives Two Honorary Awards this Fall
- 27. 10. 2009 – Exhibition: “We Did Not Give Up, or Stories of the 20th Century”
- 23. 10. 2009 – Prague Through the Lens of the Secret Police - Exhibition Tour Continues in Europe and the United States
- 14. 10. 2009 – Institute Director Pavel Žáček Proposes Establishment of a Platform of European Memory and Conscience at European Parliament Conference
- 08. 10. 2009 – 20 Years After Conference Concludes
- 07. 10. 2009 – 20 Years After Conference Continues
- 06. 10. 2009 – 20 Years After Conference Has Commenced
- 05. 10. 2009 – Conference on the Anniversary of the Fall of the Communist Regime in Czechoslovakia Begins Tomorrow
- 11. 09. 2009 – 23 August - The European Day of Remembrance for victims of all totalitarian and authoritarian regimes, Members of the working group for the Platform of European Memory and Conscience commemorated the 70th anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact.
- 09. 09. 2009 – Agreement Signed with Germany's BStU
- 24. 08. 2009 – August 23 – European Day of Remembrance for the Victims of All Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes: 70th Anniversary of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
- 21. 08. 2009 – Unique Videos From 1969 Released
- 20. 08. 2009 – Opening of the Exhibition “Brno in August 1969”
- 20. 08. 2009 – Exhibition of Photographs from the Workshop of the Czechoslovak Communist Secret Police Launches U.S. Tour
- 10. 07. 2009 – The Security Services Archive Launches its Digital Archive Project
- 17. 04. 2009 – Conference on Resistance and Opposition Against Communist Regimes Concluded
- 16. 04. 2009 – The Institute and Archive Directors Have Signed a Cooperation Agreement with the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes in Romania
- 16. 04. 2009 – Highlights of the Conference's First Day
- 15. 04. 2009 – Conference on Resistance and Opposition Against Communist Regimes Inaugurated
- 09. 04. 2009 – International Conference “Resistance and Opposition against the Communist Regime in Czechoslovakia and Central Europe”
- 07. 04. 2009 – Premiere of the exhibition “Prague Through the Lens of the Secret Police” and launch of the eponymous book
- 18. 03. 2009 – Third step towards European platform of memory and conscience – a Czech Presidency initiative
- 13. 03. 2009 – Hearing in the European Parliament on the Crimes of Communism
- 24. 02. 2009 – Opening of the Exhibition “On the Cold War Front”
- 03. 02. 2009 – Activities during the period of the Czech presidency of the Council of the EU
2008
- 22. 12. 2008 – The Institute will Cooperate with Partners in the Ukraine
- 03. 11. 2008 – Celebrations to mark the opening of the Ján Langoš library
- 26. 10. 2008 – The Institute and Archive Signed a Cooperation Agreement with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- 20. 06. 2008 – 1968 Web Site Launch
Media Coverage
In English
2010
- “Secret Police Photos Evoke the Iron Curtain Era” (Archival Outlook: Newsletter of the Society of American Archivists, Jan/Feb 2010)
2009
- Citizen spies, spied-on citizens. An exhibit of Czech secret-police photos from the Communist era, at Harvard through Dec. 21, shows Big Brother as unintentional artist (Harvard University Gazette, news.harvard.edu/gazette, 03-16 December 2009)
- Lists of 13,500 StB employees posted online (Prague Daily Monitor, 18 December 2009)
- Institute director Pavel Žáček: petition against me “like voice from the past” (www.radio.cz, 20 November 2009)
- Institute continues to delve into dark past (The Prague Post, November 11, 2009)
- Anti-communist demonstration violently suppressed twenty years ago in Prague, just three weeks before Velvet Revolution (www.radio.cz, 27 October 2009)
- Twenty years after: central and eastern Europe coping with communist legacy (www.radio.cz, 13 October 2009)
- Communism Still Threat for Czech Republic - ODS Leader Topolanek (ČeskéNoviny.cz, 6 October 2009)
- When Prague Spied on Its Own (Roll Call, Washington, DC, 14 September 2009, www.rollcall.com)
- Expert: Czech, Soviet secret police were strongly interconnected (Prague Daily Monitor, 29 May 2009, praguemonitor.com)
- Coffee-table book with a difference collects photographs taken surreptitiously by communist-era secret police (www.radio.cz, 28 May 2009)
- 'Object' of my affection (The Prague Post, 27 May 2009, www.praguepost.com)
- Czech historians publishing war-time files (Prague Daily Monitor, 5 May 2009, praguemonitor.com)
- Atlantic Eye: Ilya Rips, a Latvian anti-communist hero (www.upi.com, 27 April 2009)
- Soviet invasion´s victims finally have stories told (Czech Business Weekly, 23 April 2009)
- Communists used to jail youths (Aktuálně.cz, 17 April 2009)
- Topolánek: Totalitarianism study institute is outstanding step (Prague Daily Monitor, 16 April 2009)
- Should an EU body be created to deal with Europe’s Communist and Nazi past? (www.radio.cz, 24 March 2009)
- Soviet invasion up close (Prague Daily Monitor, 23 March 2009, praguemonitor.com)
- Czech EU presidency for totalitarianism research single platform (Prague Daily Monitor, 19 March 2009, praguemonitor.com)
- The everyday occupation (The Prague Post, 19 March 2009, www.praguepost.com)
- Around Town: Polish martyr lives on (The Prague Post, 19 February 2009, www.praguepost.com)
- Prague street renamed in honour of Polish “human torch“ against Soviet invasion (www.radio.cz, 13 February 2009 )
- Palach's "wake-up call" of 40 years ago remembered (Aktuálně.cz, 13 January 2009)
2008
- Czechs, US institutes agree on exchange of Holocaust documents (praguemonitor.com, 27 October 2008)
- Archives full of explosive revelations (Prague Daily Monitor,22 October 2008)
- Communist era executions displayed online (Aktuálně.cz, 11 September 2008)
- Small but effective: communist secret police dissected (Interview with the Director of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes Pavel Žáček on the theme State Security (Státní bezpečnost, popularly know as StB) for Aktuálně.cz, 7 August 2008)
- Welcome to the Heart of Europe 5/2008, pages 4 – 7: The Czechs no longer fear their own past" says Pavel Zacek, Director of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes (www.theo.cz)
Other languages
- Attīrot pagātni no sārņiem (Latvijas Avīze, 24 March 2009)
- Iš sovietų bloko išsivadavusios ES narės siekia komunizmo nusikaltimus prilyginti nacių (BNS, 19 March 2009, www.alfa.lt)
- Europarlament ei tee avaldust kommunismikuritegude kohta (ERR Uudised, 18 March 2009)
- Добро пожаловать в Ceрдцe Eврoпы 5/2008, стр. 4 – 7: Чехи перестают бояться своего прошлого» – говорит Павел Жачек, директор Института исследования тоталитарных режимов (www.theo.cz)
- Willkommen im Herzen Europas 5/2008, Seite 4 – 7: Tschechen hören auf, ihrer Vergangenheit auszuweichen", sagt Pavel Zacek, Direktor des Instituts zur Erforschung totalitärer Regime (www.theo.cz)
- Bienvenue dans le Coeur de l'Europe 5/2008, pp. 4 – 7: Les Tchèques cessent de craindre leur passé, dit Pavel Zacek, directeur de l’Institut pour l’étude des régimes totalitaires (www.theo.cz)
- Bienvenidos a El Corazn de Europa 5/2008, pp. 4 – 7: Los checos poco a poco dejamos de temer a nuestro pasado, dice Pavel Zacek, director del Instituto para el Estudio de Regímenes Totalitarios (www.theo.cz)