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Crimes committed by totalitarian regimes
of the Council of Ministers of the Communist state in the period until 23 August 1989. Each citizen
may also access copies of files of these vetting proceedings which have concluded with a binding
resolution. The amended Act on The Institute of National Remembrance grants the right to access the
archival documentation collected within The Institute of National Remembrance to journalists, subject
to approval by President of The Institute of National Remembrance.
At present, the most important task for the archival department of the Institute is development of
an IT system which will facilitate greatly then use of the preserved documents. To start with, in autumn
2006, an integrated database was prepared and launched including information on record references of
files kept within 15 branches of the archives of The Institute of National Remembrance in the country.
At present, the database is available, apart from the Institute archivists, also to all persons who have
been granted approval to access documents retained by the Institute. Simultaneously, work has begun
on digitalisation of the card file resources, as well as – in co-operation with the state security services –
review of the so-called restricted set, which should enable reduction of the size of the collection.
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