Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů
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- Bezpečnostní aparát, propaganda a Pražské jaro, 2009:t.p. (Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů)
- BIC, 2009:cover (Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes)
- Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů website, April 27, 2015(Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů (ÚSTR); established Aug. 1, 2007; located in Prague)
- Vtorzhenie, 2016:title page (Institut po izuchenii︠u︡ totalitarnykh rezhimov)
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Wikipedia description:
The Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes (Czech: Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů or ÚSTR) is a Czech government agency and research institute. It was founded by the Czech government in 2007 and is situated at Siwiecova street, Prague-Žižkov (the street is named after Ryszard Siwiec). Its purpose is to gather, analyse and make accessible documents from the Nazi and Communist totalitarian regimes. The archives will also have documents from the former communist secret police, the StB or State Security. The institute is a founding member organisation of the Platform of European Memory and Conscience, and hosts its secretariat.
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