English Translation

54 was usually concerned with whole districts and was usually approached only when the military situation immediately demanded them. ((100) The reason for this was the efforts of the Germans not to disturb war production in one of the last quiet areas of the empire, which had been used since the spring of 1944 to a greater extent to secure Hitler's special weapons programs. 1945 represented 35 percent of all German weapons potential. (101) In the war zones, all executive power passed on to the commanders of military groups, who could thus give instructions to the civilian authorities to carry out combat tasks. This mainly concerned the Czech administration, because most of the German authorities were evacuated at the time of the increased front threat. Only some officials were left to arrange the operation of the so-called emergency administration and to leave only after they received the order from Frank to clear out (Raumung). Even later, security personnel were still required to carry out their tasks until the end and retreat together with the last fighting troops. Their earlier departure required permission from the Reich's leader SS Himmler. On the night of 25th to 26th April 1945 Hitler's command all the commanding power in the Protectorate passed into the hands of the commander of the group of armies ©Mitte© Schörnera. (102) On 5th May 1945 a rebellion broke out in Prague, 8. On May 1945, General Toussaint signed a capitulation protocol before representatives of the Czech National Council, which led the Czech people's national liberation struggle, and the Red Army troops arrived in Prague a day later. So the six-year period of Nazi service ended. The formal period behind the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was finally finished. of 27 July 1945 establishing the end of the non-freedom period on 4 May 1945. (103)