National Memory Institute (Slovakia)

National Memory Institute
Ústav pamäti národa

The institute's offices at Miletičova 19 in Ružinov, Bratislava
Agency overview
Formed2003; 21 years ago (2003)[1]
HeadquartersBratislava, Slovakia
Websitewww.upn.gov.sk

The National Memory Institute (Slovak: Ústav pamäti národa) is a Slovak public institution that holds the police records of the fascist Slovak Republic and communist Czechoslovak Socialist Republic regimes that ruled Slovakia during the twentieth century.[2] The institute also promotes research into these periods of Slovak history and educates the general public of this history.[3] It publishes a journal, Pamäť národa, which is currently edited by Róbert Letz [sk].[4] The founder of the institute was Ján Langoš, who served as director until his death in a car crash in 2006.[2]

  1. ^ "O Ústave pamäti národa". Ústav pamäti národa (in Slovak).
  2. ^ a b "Nation's Memory Institute evicted". The Slovak Spectator. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Mission". Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Časopis Pamäť národa". Ústav pamäti národa (in Slovak). Retrieved 23 February 2020.