Germany'S MINISTRY FOR CHEATURES AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 964, sig. 110-8/37 (damaged)

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tEH BEK SOFISEIDBYEIDEWL SnbsVe bBYQlq0 Chief of the German Police in the Reich. Since there is now no head of the entire Protectorate police in the Protectorate administration, theoretically, the summary of the two major police divisions /uniforms and non-uniformed/ actually lies with the minister of the interior, however, because the two general commanders on the side-level of the German sector in Personalunion are at the same time the commanders of the Deutsche Ordnungs- oder.Security police, in the higher i - and police leaders for Bohemia and Moravia a common head and leadership given. In this way, there is uniform authority for both the German and the Czech police throughout the Protectorate. This finding initially has an impressive effect, since following the command of the troops, a rapid route of command is passed and the various police organizations /German order and security police,autonomous uniformed non-uniformed protectorate police/ are a powerful instrument in the field of internal security. However, the higher ' and police leader is burdened by his position as German Minister of State with many other political and state affairs, so that only the most important decisions are made by him. Therefore, with the two commanders-in-chief or general commanders, the main task is to carry out orders on the territory of the police. This centralised command and instruction - given naturally has a reduction in the importance and self-responsibility of the heads of the subordinate police authorities at the level of the countries and the lowest instance / district or district/ in consequence. The departments of the inspectors of the uniformed and non-unifor mated protectorate police, which were established by the state authorities, are therefore only responsible for carrying out the orders issued by the two general commanders. The inspections carried out by inspectors on the basis of their designation by the subordinate police departments and their facilities are carried out to a relatively small extent, rather they have developed into a kind of superior service and command post, which mainly fulfils administrative tasks /following the processing of all pol. personnel, pay and civil law matters in the territory of the whole country/.The Lan - the president himself - in the police field - as in the empire - only a subordinate importance to the governors of the Reich or state governments - is given.The same picture is given by the lower administrative authorities /police president respectively. - directors, Land Councillors or District Chiefs/, who act as district police authority. At these places, which were formerly often referred to as the "front" in the police executive, is the division and 44783