Karel Černý – neznámý personální „architekt“ Státní bezpečnosti (
Karel Černý – The unknown staffing “architect” of state security

Summary/Abstract: The arrest and trial of founding officers of State Security (StB) is an important chapter in the history of the Czechoslovak security services. Karel Černý was also one of those arrested. The staffing “architect” of the StB was tried as part of the Osvald Závodský group. Černý was transformed from a person who actively participated in the construction of the new security apparatus (particularly State Security) after May 1945 into a “detested and despised enemy” of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ). In a manner similar to more famous cases, the KSČ also rewarded him for his “services” with a jail sentence lasting several years. Naturally, it is necessary to add that the convict wholly deserved to serve his sentence.

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