Vampire II
Přidáno: June 4, 2024
The former Czech foreign intelligence service (codenamed Department I until 1989) also used methods of terror in its work. To achieve its goals, or the objectives of the country’s political leadership, it organised kidnappings and assassinations. It did not…
Photographs of Drawings
Přidáno: May 1, 2024
During the era of communist Czechoslovakia, the month of May was linked with an amnesty several times. It was usually announced on the occasion of Czechoslovakia’s liberation (1955, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1965), but the preamble may have also stated…
The Phantom of the Notice Board
Přidáno: March 1, 2024
A large number of investigation files that have been preserved in the ABS deal with a specific event, for instance, an air crash, a war crime during the Nazi occupation, or a border disturbance on the Iron Curtain. Some…
Training Border
Přidáno: February 6, 2024
The former Czechoslovak foreign intelligence service (The First Directorate of the National Security Corps) also included what was called the “illegal programme”. Its non-official “technical” officers were stationed abroad on long-term postings under non-official cover. Prior to “stationing”, they…
Police (“Public Security”) Zoo
Přidáno: January 1, 2024
Rhinoceros, Jackal or Giraffe? No, this is not an invitation to a zoo. In 1984, the Scientific Development Department of the Federal Directorate of Public Security was tasked to design new vehicles that the police could use in actions…