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Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia

Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Protektorat Böhmen und Mähren
Protektorát Čechy a Morava
Autonomous Protectorate of Germany
1939–1945
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem
Kde domov můj? / Wo ist mein Heim?
"Where is my home?"
The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in 1942.
Capital Prague
Languages Czech, German
Political structure Autonomous Protectorate
Reich Protector
 •  1939–1943 Konstantin von Neurath
 •  1941–1942 Reinhard Heydrich (acting)
 •  1942–1943 Kurt Daluege (acting)
 •  1943–1945 Wilhelm Frick
State President
 •  1939–1945 Emil Hácha
Prime Minister
 •  1939 Rudolf Beran (acting)
 •  1939–1941 Alois Eliáš
 •  1942–1945 Jaroslav Krejčí
 •  1945 Richard Bienert
Historical era World War II
 •  German occupation 15 March 1939
 •  Liberation of Prague 11 May 1945
Area
 •  1939 49,363 km² (19,059 sq mi)
Population
 •  1939 est. 7,380,000 
     Density 149.5 /km²  (387.2 /sq mi)
Currency Protectorate Koruna
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Second Czechoslovak Republic
Third Czechoslovak Republic
Today part of  Czech Republic

The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (German: Protektorat Böhmen und Mähren; Czech: Protektorát Čechy a Morava) was the majority ethnic-Czech protectorate of Nazi Germany established following the German occupation of Czechoslovakia by annexing Sudetenland territory of Czech Lands as a Reichsgau. Following the establishment of the independent Slovak Republic on 14 March 1939, and the German occupation of the Czech rump state the next day, the protectorate was established on 16 March 1939 by a proclamation of Adolf Hitler from Prague Castle.

The German government justified its intervention by claiming that Czechoslovakia was descending into chaos as the country was breaking apart on ethnic lines, and that the German military was seeking to restore order in the region. Czechoslovakia at the time under President Emil Hácha had pursued a pro-German foreign policy; however, upon meeting with German Führer Adolf Hitler, Hácha submitted to Germany's demands and issued a declaration stating that in light of events he accepted that the fate of the Czech people would be decided by Germany; Hitler accepted Hácha's declaration and declared that Germany would provide the Czech people with an autonomous protectorate governed by ethnic Czechs. Hácha was appointed president of the protectorate the same day.

The Protectorate was an autonomous Nazi-administered territory which the German government considered part of the Greater German Reich. The state's existence came to an end with the surrender of Germany to the Allies in 1945.


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