Německé státní ministerstvo pro Čechy a Moravu, Praha
- Deutsches Staatsministerium für Böhmen und Mähren, Prag
- German State Ministry for Bohemia and Moravia, Prague
- NSM, former fonds SÚ MV č. 110
- NAD 1464
Extent and Medium
13.6 linear meters of documents, all processed and inventoried.
Biographical History
The Deutsches Staatsministerium für Böhmen und Mähren (Německé státní ministerstvo pro Čechy a Moravu) under Karl Hermann Frank was created by a "Führer Decree" on 20th of August 1943. This was the official recognition of the power aspirations of Karl Hermann Frank since the death of Reinhard Heydrich in June 1942 to become the first man in the Protectorate administration. The Deutsches Staatsministerium für Böhmen und Mähren became the highest authority of the German occupation administration in the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia and unified the functions of the Staatsekretär beim Reichsprotektor (Secretary of State at the Reich Protector) and of the Höhere SS- und Polizeiführer.
Archival History
In its current form the collection Deutsches Staatsministerium für Böhmen und Mähren was arranged shortly after the end of WWII by the State Security (Státní bezpečnost, StB) of the Czechoslovak Ministry of Interior. In 1952 the collection was marked with number 110, named Úřad státního ministra (Office of the State Minister) and stored in 107 boxes. The collection was considered as a continuation of the collection Státní tajemník K. H. Frank při říšském protektorovi (State secretary K. H. Frank at the Reichsprotektor/Staatssekretär K. H. Frank beim Reichsprotektor) (Collection number 109).
Scope and Content
Records generated by German occupational institutions (Reichsprotektorat Böhmen und Mähren) and Czech auxiliary agencies dealing with matters of internal security and racial policy, especially anti-Jewish measures. Includes the national affairs and state police catalogue of confiscated art and precious metal objects of Jewish property.
Existence and Location of Copies
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has a partly copy of the fonds from the Prague National Archives http://collections.ushmm.org/findingaids/RG-48.009M.pdf
Archivist Note
Entry selected and written based on online-inventory http://www.badatelna.cz/fond/2199 by AA
Sources
Karl Hermann Frank (1898–1946) : Politische Biographie eines sudetendeutschen Nationalsozialisten / René Küpper. Oldenbourg, München 2010.
Dates of Descriptions
15th of October 2014