Generální velitel uniformované protektorátní policie, Praha

  • General Commander of the Uniformed Protectorate Police, Prague
  • Generalkommandant der uniformierten Protektoratspolizei, Prag
  • NAD 912
  • GVČ
Identifier
912
Language of Description
English
Dates
1942 - 1945
Level of Description
Fonds
Languages
  • German
Scripts
  • Latin
Source
EHRI

Web Source

http://www.badatelna.eu/fond/1987/

Extent and Medium

The collection consists out of 14,55 linear meters of processed and inventoried documents. 9,15 linear meters are unprocessed and inaccessible.

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Based on the decree of Reinhard Heydrich since 1st of July 1942 the security services in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia were reorganised. Uniformed police forces like the Gendarmerie, the Order Police (Ordnungspolizei/Pořadková policie) and the Municipal police (Stadtpolizei/Městská policie) were reorganised into the "Uniformed Protectorate police" (Uniformierte Protektoratspolizei/Uniformované protektorátní policie), which was subordinated to the Ministry of the Interior under the supervision of the General commander of the Uniformed Protectorate police (Generalkommandant der uniformierten Protektoratspolizei/Generální velitel uniformované protektorátní policie).

Archival History

The documents from the General Commander of the Uniformed Protectorate Police, Prague was given to the State Central Archives (Státní ústřední archiv), today the National Archives (Národní Archiv), between 1956 and 1966. In the archival processing of the files of the Zemská četnická velitelství (Land Gendarmerie Commander) the material of the General Commander of the Uniformed Protectorate Police, Prague was discarded.

Scope and Content

The documents in the collection of the Generalkommandant der uniformierten Protektoratspolizei, Prag are mostly of organisational nature. During the deportation of the Jews in the Bohemian lands to the Theresienstadt Ghetto members of the Uniformed police forces supported Gestapo and SS. The Uniformed police forces also formed a special unit for guarding the prisoners in the Theresienstadt Ghetto. Also the Roma camps Lety u Písku and Hodonín u Kunštátu were guarded by Uniformed Police forces.

Finding Aids

Archivist Note

Based on online inventory http://www.badatelna.cz/fond/1987, entry selected and written by AA.

Dates of Descriptions

9th July 2014

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