Ministerstvo veřejných prací, Praha
- Ministry of Public Works, Prague
- MVP
Extent and Medium
The fonds consists out of 491 linear meters of processed and inventoried documents (2980 boxes, 637 books, 2 card indexes), 33 linear meters are unprocessed and inaccessible.
Creator(s)
- Ministerstvo veřených práci
- Ministerstvo dopravy a techniky
Biographical History
The Ministry of Public Works began its activities in November 1918 on the basis of Act No. 2/1918 Coll., which established the highest administrative offices in the Czechoslovak Republic. The main agenda of the Ministry was the improvement of the infrastructure in the new country especially in the less developed parts of Slovakia and Carpatho-Ukraine. During the so called 2nd Czechoslovak Republic (October 1938-March 1939) the Ministry of Public Works lost building activities fro its agenda. Due to Reinhard Heydrich`s reform of the Protectorate government the Ministry of Public Works was dissolved in 1942 and its agenda transferred to three ministries, namely the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Transport and Technology and the newly created Ministry of Economy and Labour.
Archival History
The documents from the Ministry of Public Works and its following Ministries of Economy and Labour as well as the Ministry of Transport and Technology were handed over to the State Central Archives (Státní ústřední archiv) today National archives (Národní archiv) between 1952 and 1971. The main part of the collection was processed and inventoried in 1962. Supplements were processed and inventoried in 1975 and 1978.
Scope and Content
The Ministry of Public Works played a minor role in the persecution of the Jews in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Although it was responsible for the development of infrastructure also in the years of the German occupation during taht Jews were used for Forced labour in this field, it seems that no documents in the collection are referring to that. According to the finding only boxes 2599 and 2649 are dealing with "the Jewish question".
Accruals
This is a closed fonds, no additions are expected.
System of Arrangement
The three-year handling periods and subject markers, as well as the original division of the Ministry into six departments, marked with Roman numerals, were used as the basis for the arrangement of the file material and for its archival processing.
Conditions Governing Access
The fonds is partially accessible.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
gapped / undamaged
Finding Aids
No. 397
Archivist Note
National Archives
Rules and Conventions
EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0
Dates of Descriptions
16th November 2014