Alfonz Czima

Interviewer: “Do you think that also today some of the State Security practices in a way influence and function in our society?” Alfonz Czima: “I would ask: Where did all those thousands and thousands of ŠtB members go? Where are those people? If there is a person who wants to handle a complaint, for example, you can clearly see who is against that complaint and who is impeding the democratic methods of the Slovak Republic. Yes, I responsibly declare that ŠtB members exist. If you want some names, there is, for example, here in Levoča the ŠtB-ák Ľubomír Bendžala, working as a head of the local authority, who decides on these complaints. And what I write and fight for will be also presented at the court, of course… These people have nothing to do on such positions anymore.”

Interviewer: “Please, try to mention the whole name of the employer where they resided.” Alfonz Czima: “Well, the address where I was supposed to begin working was: The Regional Administration of the Ministry of the Interior and they had a seat on “Februárka” or on the February Victory Street, right opposite to the factory called “Štolverk”. Interviewer: “What were your experiences of entering the Regional Administration?” Alfonz Czima: “Well, I can only say I have very negative experiences. Firstly, I didn´t even want to get there and then as I found out those things of how they treat people, I was really… I really didn´t know there might had something like this existed in this world.”

Interviewer: “Did you see how the ŠtB (State Security) tried to bind up people for collaboration?” Alfonz Czima: “Oh yeah, I have loads of experiences with that! Because another function they assigned to me was learning all those methods they used. It means that there were various visits of state enterprises, mainly of people in the leading positions and questioning whether they know something about any anti-state activity… So spying and things alike…”

“Today if we say that “ŠtB-ák” (State Security member) did not practice those things himself, it is not true. Because if one being the “ŠtB-ák”, he had to surrender to that system precisely by showing he belonged into that system.”