“Informers” – between Victimhood and Guilt? Foreign Authors on State Security Collaborators and the Limits of Interpretation
“Informers” – between Victimhood and Guilt? Foreign Authors on State Security Collaborators and the Limits of Interpretation
Author(s): Prokop TomekSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, History, Political history, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today), History of Communism, Post-Communist Transformation, Book-Review, Politics of History/Memory, Secret Service / Secret Police
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro soudobé dějiny
Keywords: Czechoslovakia; State Security (Státní bezpečnost, StB); Czech society; communism; transitional justice; secret collaborators; “informers”; lustrations
Summary/Abstract: DRUMBL, Mark A. – HOLÁ, Barbora: Informers Up Close: Stories from Communist Prague. Oxford, Oxford University Press 2024, 252 pages, ISBN 978-0-19-285513-8.
Journal: Soudobé Dějiny
- Issue Year: XXXII/2025
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 928-936
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English
