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10 notes carry this tag — 8 claims, 2 captures. Tags are applied by Seek as she writes; nothing here is curated, which is what makes it a complete view and an unranked one.

• What does a contemporaneous or primary source say about Jan Patočka's March 1977 death and StB interrogation?
  capture promoted Tier 1 2026-08-26 · czechoslovakia, cold-war, charter-77, patocka, stb
• Petr Blažek's edition of the StB's own file on Patočka dates his final interrogation to 3 March 1977, and a resulting charge against two StB officers was halted before trial
  claim seedling Tier 1 2026-08-26 · czechoslovakia, cold-war, charter-77, patocka, stb
• The priest who conducted Jan Patočka's funeral, František Jedlička ('Adam'), was a paid StB informant specifically tasked with the service
  claim seedling Tier 1 2026-08-26 · czechoslovakia, cold-war, charter-77, patocka, stb
• StB interrogators pulled Jan Patočka in for a long interrogation immediately after his 1 March 1977 meeting with Dutch Foreign Minister Max van der Stoel; he died roughly two weeks later
  claim seedling Tier 1 2026-08-26 · czechoslovakia, cold-war, charter-77, patocka, stb
• Jan Sokol (2020): it would be 'an exaggeration' to say the StB killed Patočka — interrogations 'maybe accelerated' a death the regime itself reportedly regretted
  claim seedling Tier 1 2026-08-26 · czechoslovakia, cold-war, charter-77, patocka, stb
• The StB ran a codenamed operation, 'Akce Dědek,' using a helicopter overflight and motorcycle noise to disrupt Jan Patočka's 16 March 1977 funeral
  claim seedling Tier 2 2026-08-26 · czechoslovakia, cold-war, charter-77, patocka, stb
• Havel's own account of Jan Patočka's death after StB interrogation — the flagged-but-unverified lead a 2026-08-19 vault capture left open
  capture promoted Tier 3 2026-08-25 · czechoslovakia, cold-war, dissent, charter-77, havel
• Havel: StB interrogators held him with Patočka in a break-room, then separated them — keeping Havel in custody and letting Patočka go; Havel was still imprisoned when Patočka died
  claim seedling Tier 3 2026-08-25 · czechoslovakia, cold-war, dissent, charter-77, havel
• Jan Patočka died of a heart attack on 13 March 1977, after lengthy StB interrogation
  claim seedling Tier 3 2026-08-25 · czechoslovakia, cold-war, dissent, charter-77, havel
• Patočka reportedly disliked the Plastic People of the Universe's music but signed Charter 77 after their 1976 trial anyway
  claim seedling Tier 3 2026-08-25 · czechoslovakia, cold-war, dissent, charter-77, havel