Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes

Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes
Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů
Formation	2007
Type	Government agency and research institute
Location	Prague, Czech Republic;
Coordinates	50°5′0.98″N 14°26′36.29″E / 50.0836056°N 14.4434139°E
Director	Ladislav Kudrna (historik)
Affiliations	Platform of European Memory and Conscience
Website	ustrcr.cz

The Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes (Czech: Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů or ÚSTR) is a Czech government agency and research institute. It was founded by the Czech government in 2007^[1] and is situated at Siwiecova street, Prague-Žižkov (the street is named after Ryszard Siwiec).

Its purpose is to gather, analyse and make accessible documents from the Nazi and Communist totalitarian regimes. The archives will also have documents from the former communist secret police, the StB or State Security.^[1]^[2] The institute is a founding member organisation of the Platform of European Memory and Conscience, and hosts its secretariat.^[3]

^ ^a ^b "Daily News Summary". Czech Radio. Cesky Rozhlas. 8 June 2007. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
^ Konviser, Bruce I. (16 August 2009). "Writing the history books". Global Post. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
^ "Czech Prime minister Petr Nečas: The years of totalitarianism were years of struggle for liberty". Platform of European Memory and Conscience. 14 October 2011. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2011.