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Domeček (orHradčanský domeček) is an informal name for a former smallprison inHradčany, district ofPrague. The name inCzech means 'small house' and refers to the size of the building.

Domeček, placed next to the building of a military court, had served as a military prison during theAustro-Hungarian period. It was used by theGestapo duringWorld War II and since 1948 the Czechoslovakian security service (StB) employed it as a secret prison. It hosted 30 solitary cells.

StB used the place for torture of political opponents, among them the officers of the pre-war army or members of theanti-nazi resistance.

• Zdeněk F. Šedivý:Domeček - Mučírna na Hradčanech, Moba, 2004,ISBN 80-243-1338-3

• Articles about using Domeček as a torture center:[1],[2]Archived 2007-03-10 at theWayback Machine,[3]Archived 2007-03-11 at theWayback Machine (all texts inCzech)

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