English Translation

63 In relation to the Reich Protector to the commanders of the security and order police, this was not a classic relationship of superiority, since these police forces were only assigned to the Office of the Remier Protector. Although the Reich Protector could issue vital political orders, the police commanders concerned then turned to their headquarters in the Empire to issue and confirm the relevant implementing directives. In case there were contradictions, he applied and preferred for implementation the order of the Berlin authorities over the decisions of the Reim Protector. (135) While the protector was all-powerful in relation to the government, on the other hand, he depended entirely on Berlin. Regardless of his impressive authority, he should have mainly carried out the Berlin line rather than follow his own course, as the State Secretary of the Reich Ministry of the Interior W. Stuckart emphasized on 25 March 1939 to other gathered secretaries: ©All the government power in Bohemia and Moravia comes out of the Empire. The last and highest decision-making power is therefore with the leader and his representative for the Protectorate should function here as a viceroy of his kind. © (136) 2.2.2.2 The decree of German State Minister for Bohemia and Moravia K.H.Frank from August 1943 © 1945 Hitler's decrees for Reich Protector Frick and State Minister Frank from August 20, 1943 and their official entry into office in October 1943 at Prague's Castle ended the period of de facto dualism in the protectorate, when there was a power rivalry between a protector, on the one hand, and an expert on the Czech question by the State Secretary (Staatsekretär) Frank on the other hand. The new office - the German State Ministry for Bohemia and Moravia passed over all the decisive powers of the Reich Protector, including the powers of normalizing. Frank became the dominant legislator in this region, whose will was also relevant in the issue of protectorates affecting legislation by central Reich authorities. His position was somewhat weakened only after Hitler's assassination in July 1944, when it was decided that he should agree on all essential political matters with the head of the party (NSDAP) connecting office in Prague. (137)