Reich Protector

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The Reich Protector was the top Nazi official appointed by Adolf Hitler to exercise supreme civil and political authority over the occupied Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia during World War II.

Aliases (2)
  • Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia ×5
  • Reichsprotektor in Böhmen und Mähren ×1

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi government office
occupation authority
appliesToJurisdiction Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
appliesToPeriod World War II
appointedBy Adolf Hitler
country Nazi Germany
endTime 1945
exercisedAuthorityOver Czech police forces in the Protectorate
local Protectorate government
goal integration of Bohemia and Moravia into the German Reich
mobilization of Czech industry for the German war effort
suppression of Czech national identity
hasJurisdictionOver Bohemia
Moravia
hasPower control censorship and propaganda in the Protectorate
control internal security in the Protectorate
implement Germanization policies
issue decrees with force of law in the Protectorate
oversee local Czech administration
supervise economic exploitation of the Protectorate
suppress resistance movements
hasRole supreme civil authority in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
supreme political authority in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
historicalContext German occupation of Czechoslovakia
languageOfAdministration Czech
German
legalBasis establishment of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in March 1939
locatedIn Prague
natureOfRegime authoritarian
occupation regime
opposedBy Czech resistance
Czechoslovak government-in-exile
oversaw coordination with the SS and Gestapo in the Protectorate
implementation of anti-Jewish measures in the Protectorate
partOf Nazi occupation administration
relatedTo German occupation of Czechoslovakia
Nazi administrative structure
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
replaced Czechoslovak central government authority in Bohemia and Moravia
seatOfGovernment Prague Castle
startTime 1939
subordinateTo Führer of Nazi Germany
German Reich government
timePeriod Nazi era in Central Europe
typeOfJurisdiction civil administration under military occupation

Referenced by (8)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Konstantin von Neurath ("Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia")
Wilhelm Frick ("Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia")
Wilhelm Frick ("Reichsprotektor in Böhmen und Mähren")
positionHeld
Protectorate ministries ("Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia")
State President of the Protectorate ("Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia")
subordinateTo
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia authorities
governedByOffice
Protectorate government
headOfStateDeFacto
Protectorate government ("Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia")
overseenBy

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