In the footsteps of the Jewish inhabitants of Ústí nad Labem

I confess

Now watch a montage of the uniquely preserved and only recently discovered film material from the trial of the Anti-State Conspiracy Center. Many of the phrases that the accused recite exactly according to the script are still popular among propagandists today.

The construction of a Jewish enemy, hidden under slogans about fighting Zionism, remained an integral part of communist propaganda until the fall of the regime in 1989. Even the so-called Prague Spring in 1968 was labeled a Zionist conspiracy, allegedly directed by Eduard Goldstücker, among others.


Play the film again. What exactly did the accused confess to?

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