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10-09-2007, 11:48 AM
How Czech intelligence abducted Czech and Slovak émigrés in the first years of the Cold War
[04-10-2007] By Jan Velinger
Much has been written about crimes committed against Czechs and Slovaks by Czechoslovakia's Communist regime, which held power in the country for forty-one years. But chilling revelations continue to come to light, even today: recently the Czech press highlighted the role of the communist secret police, the StB, in the abductions (some well known, others less so) of around twenty Czechs and Slovak émigrés in the first years of the Cold War - individuals the regime perceived as a threat. StB officers, though not always successful, resorted to any means possible to achieve their goals and were without the slightest of scruples, says Prokop Tomek, a historian at the Office for the Investigation and Documentation of Communist Crimes.
Article (http://www.radio.cz/en/article/96094)
[04-10-2007] By Jan Velinger
Much has been written about crimes committed against Czechs and Slovaks by Czechoslovakia's Communist regime, which held power in the country for forty-one years. But chilling revelations continue to come to light, even today: recently the Czech press highlighted the role of the communist secret police, the StB, in the abductions (some well known, others less so) of around twenty Czechs and Slovak émigrés in the first years of the Cold War - individuals the regime perceived as a threat. StB officers, though not always successful, resorted to any means possible to achieve their goals and were without the slightest of scruples, says Prokop Tomek, a historian at the Office for the Investigation and Documentation of Communist Crimes.
Article (http://www.radio.cz/en/article/96094)