18 November 2004

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Story from BBC NEWS
Published: 2004/11/16 16:33:31 GMT
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/europe/4017215.stm

Slovak ex-spies' names released

The Slovak government has begun releasing thousands of secret police files from the communist era. Slovaks will be able to find the real or code names of people who worked for the former regime. The files, which date back as far as the mid-1950s, contain lists of more than 21,000 names, including informers and alleged dissidents. They are being made public to mark the 15th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution against communism.

The Memories of the Nation Institute made 20,000 files available on the internet on Tuesday. The complete archive of 60,000 files will be posted online in the next six months.

Network of informers

The archive of the former Czechoslovakia was split between the Czechs and Slovaks in 1993, when the two countries separated. The Czech Republic made the files public last year, but Slovak nationalist leader Vladimir Meciar kept them secret while he was in power. Their release was subsequently delayed by opposition from the security services.

Under the communist regime, the secret police, the StB, used a complex network of spies and informers to build cases against supposed agitators. It is thought to have carried out more than 230 executions, jailed about 280,000 people on political charges, and confined around 7,000 people in mental institutions against their will.

http://www.upn.gov.sk/regpro/index.php Registracné protokoly agentúrnych a operatívnych zväzkov Štátnej bezpecnosti Zoznam zväzkov This is the index of the Informer Registration Protocols from 3 June 1958 to 24 November 1989 for 21,781 registrants. (Links images at Slovak web site) # KS ZNB vedená registracné císla   1 S ŠtB Košice 03.06.1958 - 19.01.1960 1 - 970 zobraz strany 2 S ŠtB Košice 19.01.1960 - 17.03.1961 971 - 4947 zobraz strany 3 S ŠtB Košice 17.03.1961 - 04.01.1963 4955 - 5795 zobraz strany 4 S ŠtB Košice 03.01.1963 - 25.07.1967 5955 - 6970 zobraz strany 5 S ŠtB Košice 25.07.1967 - 25.03.1971 6971 - 8360 zobraz strany 6 S ŠtB Košice 26.03.1971 - 12.09.1972 8361 - 8850 zobraz strany 7 S ŠtB Košice 12.09.1972 - 12.04.1974 8851 - 9840 zobraz strany 8 S ŠtB Košice 16.04.1974 - 15.07.1975 9841 - 10830 zobraz strany 9 S ŠtB Košice 18.07.1975 - 13.04.1976 10831 - 11820 zobraz strany 10 S ŠtB Košice 13.04.1976 - 27.09.1977 11821 - 12810 zobraz strany 11 S ŠtB Košice 27.09.1977 - 19.07.1979 12811 - 13780 zobraz strany 12 S ŠtB Košice 19.07.1979 - 24.03.1981 13781 - 14770 zobraz strany 13 S ŠtB Košice 25.03.1981 - 28.10.1982 14771 - 15780 zobraz strany 14 S ŠtB Košice 29.10.1982 - 22.06.1983 15781 - 16270 zobraz strany 15 S ŠtB Košice 22.06.1983 - 13.08.1984 16271 - 17260 zobraz strany 16 S ŠtB Košice 13.08.1982 - 06.09.1985 17261 - 18250 zobraz strany 17 S ŠtB Košice 11.09.1985 - 14.10.1986 18251 - 19240 zobraz strany 18 S ŠtB Košice 16.10.1986 - 22.01.1988 19241 - 20230 zobraz strany 19 S ŠtB Košice 22.01.1988 - 27.03.1989 20231 - 21220 zobraz strany 20 S ŠtB Košice 30.03.1989 - 24.11.1989 21221 - 21781 zobraz strany Copyright © 2004 Ústav pamäti národa, All rights reserved

KS ZNB - Správa ŠtB Košice Vedená: od 03.06.1958 do 19.01.1960 Registracné císla: 1 až 970 Zobrazené: od 0 do 970 These are samples of the first Informer Registration Protocol - 3 June 1958 to 19 January 1960 - for informers 1-970.

KS ZNB - Správa ŠtB Košice Vedená: od 30.03.1989 do 24.11.1989 Registracné císla: 21221 až 21781 Zobrazené: od 21771 do 21781 These are samples of the last Informer Registration Protocol - 30 March 1989 to 24 November 1989 - for informers 21771-21781.