Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was a partially-annexed territory of Nazi Germany that was created on 16 March 1939 after the German occupation of the Czech lands. The protectorate's population was mostly ethnic Czech. The territory became the Third Czechoslovak Republic in 1945.
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia | |||||||||
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.svg) The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in 1942, in dark green within Nazi Germany in light green | |||||||||
| Status | Protectorate and partially-annexed territory of Nazi Germany[3] | ||||||||
| Capital | Prague | ||||||||
| Common languages | German · Czech | ||||||||
| Government | Unitary Nazi one-party fascist protectorate under a totalitarian dictatorship | ||||||||
| Reich Protector | |||||||||
• 1939–1943 | Konstantin von Neurath | ||||||||
• 1941–1942 (acting) | Reinhard Heydrich | ||||||||
• 1942–1943 (acting) | Kurt Daluege | ||||||||
• 1943–1945 | Wilhelm Frick | ||||||||
| State President | |||||||||
• 1939–1945 | Emil Hácha | ||||||||
| Prime Minister | |||||||||
• 1939 (acting) | Rudolf Beran | ||||||||
• 1939–1941 | Alois Eliáš | ||||||||
• 1941–1945 | Jaroslav Krejčí | ||||||||
• 1945 | Richard Bienert | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• | 15 March 1939[4] | ||||||||
• | 8 May 1945 | ||||||||
| Currency | Protectorate koruna | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Czech Republic | ||||||||
Protectorate Of Bohemia And Moravia Media
The Czech anthem, instrumental version. The Prague National Theatre Orchestra
Hitler on his visit to Prague Castle after the establishment of the German protectorate.
Announcement of the execution of Czechs, who improved radio receivers to listen to foreign broadcasts, 1944
Czech state president of the Protectorate, Dr. Emil Hácha (sitting), listening to a speech of Reichsprotektor Kurt Daluege next to SS and Police General Karl Hermann Frank in Prague, September 1942.
Standard of the Reich Protector (1939–1944).
Standard of the State President.
Uniform of the Government Army (Vládní vojsko)
Memorial to the murdered children of Lidice. Some Lidice children were spared because they were considered suitable for "Germanization".
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Protektorátní občanský průkaz, desky.
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References
- ↑ Gössel, Gabriel (2008). The Czech Republic's national anthem down the ages. Úřad vlády ČR. p. 64. ISBN 978-80-87041-42-0.
- ↑ "Hudba v Čechách a na Moravě v období německého protektorátu 3". 25 July 2007.
- ↑ Gruner 2015, p. 104.
- ↑ 12 - The Slovak state, 1939–1945 in Slovakia in History, Ivan Kamenec; Mikuláš Teich, Dušan Kováč and Martin D. Brown eds. Cambridge University Press, 7 October 2011
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