Collections
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Kristian Feigelson, Petr Kopal (eds.): Film and History 3.Political Camera – film and Stalinism (Film a dějiny 3. Politická kamera – film a stalinismus)
Zdeněk Hazdra, Václav Horčička, Jan Županič (editors): The Aristocrats of Central Europe in Confrontation with the Totalitarian Regimes of the 20th Century. (Šlechta střední Evropy v konfrontaci s totalitními režimy 20. století)
Crimes of the Communist Regimes
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. |
Václav Veber, Jan Bureš et al: The Third Resistance. Chapters from the History of Anti-Communist Resistance in Czechoslovakia in the 1950’s (Třetí odboj.Kapitoly z dějin protikomunistické rezistence v Československu v padesátých letech 20. století)
Resistance and Opposition Against the Communist Regime in Czechoslovakia and in Central Europe (Odboj a odpor proti komunistickému režimu v Československu a ve střední Evropě)
DVD 20 Years After/20 let poté
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. |
War Experiences of Czech Society in Confrontation with the Nazi Occupation (Válečný prožitek české společnosti v konfrontaci s nacistickou okupací)
University Students on Totalitarianism – Proceedings of Noteable Student Work (Vysokoškoláci o totalitě – Sborník oceněných studentských prací 2009)
Film and History 2. Adolf Hitler and the Others – Filmic Images of Evil (Film a dějiny 2. Adolf Hitler a ti druzí – filmové obrazy zla)
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)
Anthology of the Security Services Archive 6/2008 (Sborník Archivu bezpečnostních složek 6/2008)
The Security Apparatus, Propaganda and the Prague Spring (Bezpečnostní aparát, propaganda a Pražské jaro)
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)