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Dana Zátopková under the Flag of the ‘Red Star’

Dana Zátopková under the Flag of the ‘Red Star’

Přidáno: September 5, 2022

It was the year 1952, and a pair of Czechoslovak sportsmen was in full control of the 15th Summer Olympics in Helsinki. The Zátopeks won golden medals in one day and in a short interval, something still seen as…

The Klet Mission

The Klet Mission

Přidáno: August 8, 2022

The collection entitled StB Investigation Headquarters – Investigation Files includes an extensive file, V-3200 CB, for investigation of unidentified culprits who were thought to have committed the crime of subverting the republic. This was based on the fact that…

How to Identify an Anonymous Writer

How to Identify an Anonymous Writer

Přidáno: July 7, 2022

To identify the anonymous “culprits” – writers of anti-state letters or texts, the State Security used criminology methods that were supposed to help limit the group of possible suspects or directly point to a specific person. Here are some…

The Story of a “Real” Agent

The Story of a “Real” Agent

Přidáno: June 8, 2022

On 10 November 1965 a brief notice by the Czechoslovak Press Agency emerged in the daily press about the return of a former diplomat, member of the American espionage agency and official of the émigré organisations, Mikuláš Pátek, to…

Caricatures

Caricatures

Přidáno: May 3, 2022

A collection of 31 caricatures, documented by the photographer Karel Novak (1925–2007) in August 1968 in the streets of Prague, is part of the investigation file no. V-11089 MV, the case of Hubert Stein et al. These caricatures were…