Formation and Priorities of the Security Services Archive
Formation and Priorities of the Security Services Archive

Author(s): Author Not Specified
Contributor(s): Jiří Reichl (Photographer)
Subject(s): Archiving, Government/Political systems, Security and defense, Management and complex organizations
Published by: Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů
Keywords: Czech Republic; Security Services Archive; formation; priorities; totalitarian regimes; Ministry of Defense; Ministry of Justice;
Summary/Abstract: The collection of records managed by the Security Services Archive, in the process of being opened up to researchers, is an unrivaled resource for understanding the development and functioning of totalitarian power. The total collection comprises just under 20 kilometers of records, including films, tapes, microfilm reels and almost half a million sheets of microfiche. Around two-thirds of the material comes from the Ministry of the Interior, but additional material has been handed over by the Ministry of Defense (including the files from military counterintelligence) and the Ministry of Justice (records about the operations of the prison system, for instance).

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