Czechoslovakia's StB

GPTKB entity

Properties (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf intelligence agency
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:Communist_Party_of_Czechoslovakia
gptkbp:country gptkb:Czechoslovakia
gptkbp:dissolved 1990
gptkbp:documentedIn historical research
archives
testimonies
government reports
media reports
gptkbp:established 1945
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Prague
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Czechoslovakia's StB
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Soviet_Union
Marxist-Leninist_ideology
Eastern_Bloc_policies
gptkbp:involvedIn human rights abuses
gptkbp:knownFor espionage
political repression
surveillance
gptkbp:legacy historical significance
controversial
gptkbp:notableFigures Václav Havel
Petr Pithart
Jan Švejnar
Milan Šimečka
Josef_Hasil
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:Eastern_Europe
gptkb:Prague
gptkb:Central_Europe
gptkb:Czechoslovakia
gptkbp:operationalStatus gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Ministry_of_Interior_of_Czechoslovakia
gptkbp:primaryFunction state security
gptkbp:relatedTo Velvet Revolution
Cold War espionage
totalitarianism
surveillance state
gptkbp:successor Security_Information_Service_(BIS)
gptkbp:targets intellectuals
political opponents
religious groups
dissidents
gptkbp:uses censorship
informants
interrogation