Knihovna Václava Havla, o.p.s. je obecně prospěšná společnost založená v roce 2004, která spravuje a vlastní Knihovnu Václava Havla.

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Umístění:
- Ostrovní 13, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic
Název:
- Knihovna Václava Havla, o.p.s.
Datum založení:
- 2004
Správce sbírky:
- Knihovna Václava Havla
Vlastník:
- Knihovna Václava Havla
Hlavní aktéři:
- Zahájení stálé výstavy „Havel v kostce“ (2009)

KARTA Centre Foundation

The KARTA community was founded in January 1982 in Warsaw during the martial law in Poland. Their first initiative was an illegal underground newspaper, named „Karta”, focusing on political commentaries (19 issues). In 1987 the Karta editorial team initiated the Eastern Archive - a social movement documenting the concealed and distorted "Eastern" past. Since 1990 KARTA acts legally – two legal entities established then were merged in 1996 into one KARTA Centre Foundation.

Today KARTA Centre Foundation is a book and magazine publisher (among other titles „Karta” quarterly), organizes exhibitions and educational events, like „History at hand” competition for youngsters. KARTA runs the biggest private archive in Poland, which covers the history of Poland and the whole region in the 20th century. Documentary archive consists of a significant collection of underground newspapers and books, but also "Solidarity" movement documents can be found there (officially recognized as part of UNESCO heritage). The huge photographic archive (more than 290 000 items) is easily searchable by its dedicated website, while oral history archive, co-owned with the History Meeting House in Warsaw, is the biggest archive in Poland of such type. As an NGO, KARTA can receive public funds, but does not have any stable budget.

Detailed history of KARTA can be found here.

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Umístění:
- Warszawa, Warsaw, Poland
Název:
- KARTA Centre Foundation
Datum založení:
- 1982
Správce sbírky:
- Eastern Archive of the KARTA Centre
- The Archive of the Opposition in KARTA Centre
Vlastník:
- Oral History Archive at the KARTA Centre Foundation
- The Archive of the Opposition in KARTA Centre
Zakladatel:
- Eastern Archive of the KARTA Centre
Hlavní aktéři:
- Digitization of Archived Materials, 2009-2011

KGB (Committee for State Security)

The Committee for State Security was the main government agency tasked with overseeing matters related to national security, intelligence gathering, and secret police activities.

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Datum založení:
- 1954
Tvůrce:
- Keston Center for Religion, Politics, and Society

KGB of the Estonian SSR

The predecessor of the KGB of the Estonian SSR, then called the People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD) of the Estonian SSR, was founded in 1940 after the occupation and annexation of Estonia by the Soviet Union. In 1941–1953, it acted as the ESSR Security Service under the USSR People's Commissariat for State Security (NKGB) and the Ministry of State Security (MGB). In 1954, the State Security Committee of the Estonian SSR was established, and worked under the Council of Ministers of the Estonian SSR. The KGB was closed down in Estonia after 1991, but the process was slow, enabling an extensive part of its documentation to be moved out of Estonia.

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Zakladatel:
- Completed investigative files of the Soviet Estonian KGB
- Uncompleted investigative files of the Soviet Estonian KGB
Umístění:
- Tallinn Pagari 1, Estonia 10133
Název:
- State Security Committee of the Estonian SSR
Datum založení:
- 1940
Tvůrce:
- Completed investigative files of the Soviet Estonian KGB
- Uncompleted investigative files of the Soviet Estonian KGB
Vlastník:
- Completed investigative files of the Soviet Estonian KGB
- Uncompleted investigative files of the Soviet Estonian KGB

Karls Enkel

The Berlin Song Theatre group “Karls Enkel” existed with different line-ups from 1976 to 1986. Even though they received many awards, they remained critical of the existing conditions. The officials also couldn’t decide on a common attitude towards “Karls Enkel”. While in some parts their performances were seen as a provocation, the group was seen as an artistic symbol of hope in other places. Its most prominent members were Hans-Eckart Wenzel and Stefen Mensching who also performed as clown duo and were extremely successful with their program “Letztes aus der DaDaEr” in the mid-1980s. Both worked as solo-artist after 1990.
The Archive contains programmes, video-recordings, and pictures of performances of “Karls Enkel” as well as interviews with members of the group.

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Umístění:
- Berlin, Germany
Datum založení:
- 1976
Tvůrce:
- Archive Song and Social Movements