Ministerstvo průmyslu, obchodu a živností, Praha
- Ministry of Industry, Trade and Crafts, Prague
- Ministerium für Industrie, Handel und Gewerbe
- MPOŽ
- NAD 903
Extent and Medium
453,6 linear metres of documents from which 452 linear meters are processed and inventoried and 1,6 linear meters are not inventoried.
Biographical History
The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Crafts, Prague was founded 1918 with the independence of Czechoslovakia. In 1942 after the reform of the administration of the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia its function were taken over by the Ministry of Economy and Work (Ministerstvo hospodářství a práce (1942-1945)).
Archival History
The collection was processed in 1960 by the Státní ústřední archiv (State Central archives), now Národní archiv (National archives). Material was added in 1966.
Scope and Content
The archival fonds contains the records of the Ministry until its dissolution in 1942. Especially important are documents relating to the divestment of the Jewish population from economic life in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
Finding Aids
The finding help No. 920 in Czech is online available: http://www.badatelna.eu/fond/4884/
Publication Note
Právní postavení Židů v Protektorátu Čechy a Morava, 1939-1941 / Helena Petrův. - Praha, 2000.
Archivist Note
Based on online-inventory http://www.badatelna.eu/fond/4884/, entry selected and written by AA
Rules and Conventions
EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0
Dates of Descriptions
15th October 2014