In 1939 - after Slovakia and Subcarpathia had declared their independence - German
troops occupied what remained of Czechoslovakia.
After a brief period of German military rule, this territory was organized as the
Protektorat Böhmen-Mähren - Protektoratu Cechy a Morava (Protectorate of Bohemia-
Moravia), which became part of the German Empire, but retained - at east formally
- a certain degree of internal autonomy.
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GERMAN ADMINISTRATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES
Military GovernorsMilitary Governor of BohemiaMilitärbefehlshaber in Böhmen
1939 InfGen. Johannes Blaskowitz 1883 - 1948
Head of the Civil Administration
1939 Konrad Henlein, NSDAP
Gauleiter of Sudetenland 1898 - 1945
Military Governor of Moravia and SilesiaMilitärbefehlshaber in Mähren und Schlesien
1939 InfGen. Wilhelm List 1880 - 1971
Head of the Civil Administration
1939 Josef Bürckel, NSDAP
Gauleiter of Vienna 1895 - 1944
Imperial Protectors
Reichsprotektoren
1939 - 1943 SS Gruppenführer Constantin Freiherr von
Neurath 1873 - 1956
Acting Reichsprotektoren
1941 - 1942 SS Obergruppenführer and Gen.
der Polizei Reinhard Heydrich,
assassinated 1904 - 1942
1942 - 1943 SS Oberst-Gruppenfuhrer and
Gen. der Polizei Kurt Daluege 1897 - 1946
1943 - 1945 Wilhelm Frick 1877 - 1946
Imperial minister and Minister of State for Bohemia - Moravia(1)
Reichs - und Staatsminister für Böhmen und Mähren
1943 - 1945 SS Obergruppenführer and Gen. der
Waffen-SS und der Polizei Karl Hermann
Frank 1898 - 1946
Higher SS and Police Leader(1)
Höhere SS und Polizeiführer (HSSPF)
1939 - 1945 SS Obergruppenführer and Gen. der
Waffen-SS und der Polizei Karl Hermann
Frank s.a.
(1) Frank had been Secretary of State for Bohemia-Moravia since 1939. As such he
had been subordinated to the Reichsprotektor for all matters except for those
related to security, for which he was sole responsible as HSSPF.
After the resignation of von Neurath as Reichsprotektor in 1943, this
office largely became a purely honorific one and Frank became the real
head of the Protectorate.
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HEAD OF STATE
State President
Státní Prezident
1939 - 1945 Emil Hácha 1872 - 1945
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MINISTERS
The Protectorate had no ministers of Defence and of Foreign Affairs.
All existing ministries had German advisers.
Prime Ministers
Předsedové Vlády
1939 - 1941 DivGen. Alois Eliáš, deposed and later
executed by the Germans 1890 - 1942
1941 - 1945 Jaroslav Krejčí (*1941 - 1942) 1892 - 1956
1945 Richard Bienert 1881 - 1949
Vice Prime Ministers
Náměste Předsedy Vlády (sing.)
1939 - 1940 Jiří Havelka 1892 - 1964
1940 - 1941 Jaroslav Krejčí s.a.
1941 - 1942 none
1942 Richard Bienert s.a.
1942 - 1945 Jaroslav Krejčí (2x)
Ministers of the Interior
Ministři Vnitra
1939 DivGen. Alois Eliáš s.a.
1939 - 1942 (Police) Gen. Josef Ježek 1884 - 1969
1942 - 1945 Richard Bienert s.a.
Minister of Justice
Ministr Spravedlnosti
1939 - 1945 Jaroslav Krejčí s.a.
Minister of Finance
Ministr Financi
1939 - 1945 Josef Kalfus 1880 - 1956
Ministers of Economic and Social AffairsMinister of Agriculture and ForestryMiinisters of Agriculture
Ministři Zemědělství
1939 - 1940 Ladislav Feierabend 1891 - 1969
1940 - 1942 Mikuláš (Hrabě) Bubna z Litic 1897 - 1954
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
Ministr Zemědělství a Lesnictví
1942 - 1945 Adolf Hrubý 1893 - 1951
Ministers of Transport and TechnologyMinisters of Transport
Ministři Dopravy
1939 - 1942 Jiří Havelka s.a.
1942 Jindřich Kamenický 1879 - 1959
Minister of Transport and Technology
Ministr Dopravy a Techniky
1942 - 1945 Jindřich Kamenický s.a.
Ministers of Economic and Social AffairsMinisters of Industry, Commerce and Trade
Ministři Průmyslu, Obchodu a Živnosti
1939 - 1940 Vlastimil Šádek 1893 -
1940 - 1942 Jaroslav Kratochvíl 1895 - 1945
Minister of Publi Works
Ministr Veřejných Prací
1939 - 1942 Dominik Čipera 1893 - 1959
Minister of Social Welfare and Health
Ministr Sociální a Zdravotní Správy
1939 - 1942 Vlastimil Klumpar 1893 - 1979
1942 : Economic and social ministries merged into a single ministry.
Minister of Labour and Economic Affairs
Ministr Hospodářství a Práce
1942 - 1945 Walter Bertsch 1900 - 1952
Ministers of Schools and People's Enlightment
Ministři Školství a Národní Osvěty
1939 - 1942 Jan Kapras 1880 - 1947
1942 - 1945 Emanuel Moravec 1893 - 1945
Representative of the Protectorate in Berlin
(Formally defended Czech interests in the German capital)
1939 - 1945 František Chvalkovsky 1875 - 1945
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PARTY LEADERS
LEADERS OF THE NATIONAL UNION
In 1939 all still existing Czechoslovak political parties were replaced by the
National Union (Národního Sourucenství), the only authorized political organization.
Chairmen of the Committee of National Union
Predseda Výboru Národního Sourucenství (sing.)
1939 Adolf Hrubý s.a.
1939 - 1941 Josef Nebeský
1941 - 1942 Josef Fousek 1875 - 1942
Chairmen - Leaders of the National Union
Predseda - Vedoucí Národního Sourucenství (sing.)
1942 - 1945 Tomáš Krejcí
1945 DivGen. Robert Rychtrmoc 1875 - 1946
LEADERS OF THE NSDAP
In 1939 local sections of the NSDAP were set up in the Protectorate.
They were regrouped into Districts (Kreise) part of the Gaue Bayreuth, Niederdonau,
Oberdonau and Sudetenland
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MILITARY LEADER
The German authorities and army were responsible for the military affairs and the
defence of Bohrmiz-Moravia.
The government of the protectorate was howver allowed to have a small army of its
own, known as the Regierungstruppe - Vládni Vojsko. Consisting mainky of soldiers
of the disbanded Czechoslovak army, it handled security and protocol affairs, like
guarding industrial installations or forming the presidential guard.
In 1944 most men deserted and joined the resistance.
Inspector General
Generální Inspektor
1939 - 1945 BrigGen. Jaroslav Eminger 1886 – 1964
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In 1945 most of the resistance movements, which had been set up since 1939, united
into the Czech National Council (Ceské Národní Rady), which staged a revolt against
the Germans as Allied forces approached.
Chairman of the CNR
1945 Albert Razak
In 1945 the protectorate ceased to exist as Czechoslovakia was restored.
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