Ministerstvo hospodářství a práce, Praha

The Ministry of Economy and Work (Ministerstvo hospodářství a práce/Ministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit) was founded 15th of January 1942. It united the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Business (Ministerstvo průmyslu, obchodu a živností), the Ministry of Public Works (Ministerstvo veřených práci) and the Ministry of Social and Health Administration (Ministerstvo socialní a zdravotní zprávy) into one institution. From the Ministry of Interior it overtook the resort private insurances. The new Ministry was also responsible for currency and monetary policy. The head of the Ministry of Economy and Work was also chairman of the department V. in the Office of the Reichsprotector.

After the liberation of Czechoslovakia, the portfolios of the Ministries were changed by the Government again into their prewar organisation. The registration of the Ministry of Economy and Work was not changed anymore. The main collection was given to the State Central archives (now National archives) already in 1953 and was added with other material in the following years. In 1960 the first part of the collection Ministry of Economy and Work (Ministerstvo hospodářství a práce) was processed and inventoried. In the following years more material was added.