Partition of Czechoslovakia, 1938-1939

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Title

Partition of Czechoslovakia, 1938-1939

Subject

Map - Czechoslovakia

Description

After German and Slovak pressures, Czechoslovakia became Czech-Slovakia in 1938 after the Munich Pact, meaning the country had to surrender its border and defenses to Nazi Germany. On March 15, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Czech provinces under the authority of Reinhard Heydrich. After Heydrich's assassination in 1942, it briefly came under the rule of Order Police chief Kurt Daluege and then Minister of the Interior Wilhelm Frick.
Slovakia became an independent state under the leadership of Catholic priest Jozef Tiso, who established a fascist, authoritarian, one-party dictatorship. Strongly influenced by the separatist Catholic clerical hierarchy, he closely allied with Nazi Germany. The regime remained until April 1945.

Creator

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Source

Temple Sinai's Holocaust Remembrance Center

Publisher

USHMM - https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/map/partition-of-czechoslovakia-1938-1939

Files

Partition of CZ 38-39.png

Citation

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum , “Partition of Czechoslovakia, 1938-1939,” Drew University Library Special Collections, accessed November 13, 2024, http://omeka.drew.edu/items/show/1388.