Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia: right tool of Nazi expansion

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82 moments I say, 'Watch out, they're Czechs! Do you understand?' that in the tactical necessity of meeting with Czechs who can serve us, you must always bear in mind: 'They are but Czechs'.....when the Czechs sometimes commend you to ask yourself: 'For God's sake, what have I done wrong?' Such must be the right attitude'. (195) 2.3.1.2 Persons with protectorate affiliations as an object of intimidation and persecution Citizenship lower category, according to P. Marshal "Special citizenship for people of the second order" (196) i.e. the protectorate jurisdiction was created for residents of Czech nationality, but it did not overlap with all Czech inhabitants living in the Protectorate. It slightly exceeded them as a result of the fact that they received this membership with the exception of Germans - persons other than Czech nationality if they were formerly Czechoslovak citizens. Protectorate members had a number of responsibilities and were subject to strict scrutiny by the Protectorates, had no political rights, could practically be subjects of only civil relations. The Protectorated members were also subject to selected imperial regulations, especially criminally legal nature. Over time, in addition to the autonomous authorities of the administration, they were increasingly covered by the authority of the Reichs. On the other hand, protectorate members were treated as foreigners in relation to the Empire and derogations from this rule were allowed only if it was in German interest. (197) According to the decree of the Reich Ministry of the Interior of 1941 the Reim citizen could never become a member of the Protectorate, which only emphasized the superiority of Reich citizenship over the status of the protectorate. The final solution of the Czech question of Bohemia and heretic, Czech and traitor, Czech Republic and rebel, was thus viewed in the perspective of White Mountain by the German Catholic and Courtly Consciousness to the Czechs affected by the "sin hereditary". "If it were possible to bring all the ancient inhabitants of Bohemia due to