The Czechoslovak State Security (StB) and the Vatican: How to Make a Priest and Vatican Diplomat
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F75112779%3A_____%2F26%3A00012375" target="_blank" >RIV/75112779:_____/26:00012375 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://czasopisma.ipn.gov.pl/index.php/arpl/article/view/2797/2769" target="_blank" >https://czasopisma.ipn.gov.pl/index.php/arpl/article/view/2797/2769</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.48261/ARPRL252311" target="_blank" >10.48261/ARPRL252311</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Czechoslovak State Security (StB) and the Vatican: How to Make a Priest and Vatican Diplomat
Original language description
The essay highlights the issue of penetration by the Czechoslovak secret police (StB) into Roman church circles. The StB managed to recruit through various methods several priests from Czechoslovakia, and the case study of Karel Simandl operating from Rome showcases peculiar features of recruitment and agent work. Cooperation lasted for 25 years, where the agent reported not just on the Church in Czechoslovakia, but also for instance on the GDR and Hungary. Although Karel Simandl became heavily compromised, after 1990 he held high-ranking positions in the Czech Church before being permanently assigned to the Vatican’s Apostolic Nunciature in Berlin.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>ost</sub> - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/DH23P03OVV076" target="_blank" >DH23P03OVV076: Virtual Museum of the Persecution of the Catholic Church in the Czech Lands (1938–1989)</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Aparat Represji w Polsce Ludowej 1944–1989
ISSN
1733-6996
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Volume of the periodical
23
Issue of the periodical within the volume
12
Country of publishing house
PL - POLAND
Number of pages
22
Pages from-to
323–344
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
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