Occupation Administration

The Nazis maintained the structure of the civil administration in the Protectorate. The country was headed by a state president, who was Dr. Emil Hácha; the executive power was vested in the Protectorate government, but only formally. The German Reich Protector's Office had the de facto power. The territory of the Protectorate was divided into so-called Landrats, headed by German officials. Compulsory military service was abolished, and the army was replaced by a so-called government army of about 6,000 conscript soldiers. The state police and gendarmerie were incorporated into the German police structure from June 1942 and had to operate exclusively in German language. The establishment of the Protectorate was aimed at Germanizing the area of Bohemia and Moravia (the final solution of the Czech Question).