Selected records from the National Archives in Prague

Contains records generated in the Reichsprotektorat Böhmen und Mähren (Reich Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia) by the German occupiers and by dependent Czech agencies dealing with “internal security” and “racial policy.” It also contains case files from the Comité d'Assistance aux Réfugiés (Committee for Refugee Assistance) in Paris, 1933-1940 (probably captured there, taken to Germany, and evacuated to the Protectorate), including cases for refugees from Czechoslovakia, Austria, and other countries. Many documents derive from puppet ministries and agencies, including materials on deportations, the destruction of a Jewish cemetery, the treatment of Roma, and other matters.

Organized by the following offices: Comité d'Assistance aux Réfugiés (Committee for Refugee Assistance), Paris,1933-1940 (two separate series); Ministry of the Interior records: New Registration,1936-1953 (MV-NR); Ministry of the Interior records: Old Registration, 1919-1944 (MV-SR-9); Ministry of the Interior records: Attachments (MV-D); Ministry of the Interior records: border files (MV-hran); Government Representatives Office records (PMR); Ministry of Social Affairs and Health records, (MSZS and MSP); Ministry of Public Works records (MVP); Ministry of Justice records, (MS); Ministry of Industry, Business and Trade records (MPOŽ); Ministry of Economy and Work records, (MHP); Central Office of Business and Trade License Chambers records (ÚOŽK); Ministry of Finance records, (MF); Ministry of Railways records (MŽ); Prague Police Headquarters records (PP); Land Office for Bohemia and Moravia records (PÚ-ČM); General Command of the Uniformed Police in the Protectorate records (GKUP); General Police Director records (GVČ); General Command of the Plain Clothes Police in the Protectorate records (GKNP); Inspector of Uniformed Police in the Bohemia Lands (IUP); Ministry of Education (MŠ); Provincial National Committee records: Repatriation Committee in Terezin, 1945-1949 (ZNV); Provincial Office, Prague records [PZÚ and ZÚ-P(207)]; Provincial Office, Prague records: social, health, and veterinary matters (ZÚ-zál.soc. and/or ZÚ-vyber); Provincial Office, Prague records: matters related to commerce and business (ZÚ-obch. a ž. and/or ZÚ-vyber); Provincial Office, Prague records: matters related to the police and security (ZÚ-pol.a bezp.); Provincial Office, Prague records: matters related to the churches, charities, and the schools (ZÚ-cír., nad.); Provincial Office, Prague records: addenda, 1911-1949, (ZÚ-dodatky) and Regional Police Headquarters records (ZČV).