Behind the Iron Curtain: English-language review

Behind the Iron Curtain No. 3/2014

• Behind the Iron Curtain

• Editorial
• The Overseas Resistance on the Airwaves of the BBC
• This Is the Voice of America
• Halt The Jamming of the Blue Right Away
• Communists before the Courts
• The Gensek’s Visit
• Our Comrade in Havana
• Karel Vaš in the USSR
• We Are Where We Were
• Defector in the Free World
• “There Was the Tailor from Bohemia”
• From War to War
• You Want to Rob Me.
• The Greater the Pressure, the Better You Can Resist
• Rejecting the Magical Power of Idols

ÚSTR, Prague 2014, 196 pages, ISBN 978-80-87912-22-5

Behind the Iron Curtain No. 2/2012

• Behind the Iron Curtain

• Editorial
• The SOE and Preparations for the Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich
• CSSR–Occupiers 4:3
• The Deportation of the King of May
• In the Beginning Was the Word Were Hells Devils
• Operation “Tomis III” and Ideological Diversion
• From Utah Beach to Strakonice
• I Really Wasn’t a Spy
• Violence Doesn’t Affect the Spirit
• When You Understand, Your Fate Will Not Be So Painful
• Thirty Years in the French Foreign Legion
• The Rise and Fall of Miroslav Kvítek
• The Subject of Operation BUDHA – Charter 77 Signatory Zdeněk Kvítek
• Military Intelligence from Libya and Terrorism
• Radio Free Europe through the eyes of the State Security Service
• We Serve Our Nation
• Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes

ÚSTR, Prague 2012, 190 pages, ISBN 978-80-87211-71-7

Behind the Iron Curtain No. 1/2009

• Behind the Iron Curtain

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