Museum of Memory of the 20th Century and Museum Kampa
cordially invite you to the presentation of the catalogue
THE EYES OF STATE SECURITY
Organizations, Members and Actions of the StB Surveillance Administration
EYES OF THE STATE SECURITY
Structure, People and Operations of the Czechoslovak Communist State Security Surveillance Administration
The presentation will include a discussion on the StB surveillance units, which will be attended by Petr Blažek, Jan Kalous and Prokop Tomek.
After the presentation, a guided tour of the exhibition will take place.
October 9, 2023 at 4 p.m.
Werich Villa, U Sovových mlýnů 501, Malá Strana, 118 00 Prague 1
Annotation of the publication
The main topics of the Czech-English publication are the surveillance units of the State Security Service and photographs of historical personalities, important events and places taken by their employees during the communist regime. For example, the surveillance actions of the secret police against Václav Havel, Pavel Kohout, Jan Patoček, František Cardinal Tomášek, František Kriegl, Jan Werich and Western diplomats are presented. The structures of the Administration monitored by the StB, its staff, chiefs and collaborators are also described. The service career of Antonín Kavan, who headed the surveillance unit for several decades, is presented. Attention is also paid to the intelligence technology used by the StB Surveillance Administration. The classified locations from where the secret police personnel monitored selected objects are described. The publication is based on a plenary exhibition prepared jointly by the Museum of Memory of the XXth Century and Museum Kampa in cooperation with the Security Forces Archive and Prague City Tourism.
Annotation of the publication
The present Czech-English publication publication focuses on the State Security (StB) Surveillance Administration and photographs of notable personalities, important events and places taken by its employees during the Communist regime. For example, the surveillance operations of the State Security against Vaclav Havel, Pavel Kohout, Jan Patočka, Cardinal František Tomášek, František Kriegel, Jan Werich and Western diplomats are presented here. The structures of the Surveillance Administration, its staff, commanders and collaborators are also described, and the service career of Antonin Kavan, who headed the StB Surveillance Administration for several decades, is presented. Further to this, attention is paid to the intelligence technologies used by the StB Surveillance Administration. Last but not least, the secret locations ('footholds') from which the secret police monitored selected people and events are described here. The publication is based on the open-air exhibition organised jointly by the Twentieth Century Memorial Museum and Museum Kampa in cooperation with the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, the Security Forces Archive and Prague City Tourism.