Emanuel Moravec
Emanuel Moravec ( born April 17, 1893 in Prague, † May 5, 1945 ) was a Czech military, book author and collaborator. Under the pseudonym Stanislav Yester he published reports. During the German occupation between 1939 and 1945 Moravec was determined by the German Minister of Education and National Enlightenment in terms dependent on the German occupying forces government of the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia. His name is now in the Czech Republic as a symbol of the collaborator.
Life
After studying at a college of industry Moravec in 1914 was drafted into military service. He deserted in Russia from the k.u.k. Army and joined there at the Czech Legion.
After the proclamation of Czechoslovakia, he returned and took after studying at the Military School in Prague leading positions in the Czechoslovak army. In 1924 he was appointed head of the news department of the main rod. In 1926, he acted as a key witness with the dishonorable discharge of General Radola Gajda, who had 1925 Národní Obec Fašistická (National Fascist community) launched. From 1931 worked Moravec as a lecturer in military history and strategy at the Military Academy (1933 Col. ). During this time Moravec published on military and security matters technical Czechoslovakia and advocated it as a policy of alliance with France and the Soviet Union. 1937 Moravec was honored with the Bata price.
After the Munich Agreement and occupation of the country by the Germans moved Moravec, who had previously been shown to be an ardent patriot and summoned the military defense of the country, the fronts.
The advocated by Moravec radical positions and his sharp attacks on intellectuals, whom he blamed for the demise of the country, made him interesting for the occupiers. Karl Hermann Frank caused Reinhard Heydrich in a general pardon for Moravec.
On January 19, 1942 Moravec was appointed by Heydrich as Minister of Education and National Enlightenment 3rd protectorate government of Jaroslav Krejčí. In this position he was also from 19 January to 5 May in 1945, the fourth and last government under Richard Bienert. During his tenure Moravec announced the permanent closing of Czech universities and began in August 1942 with the transformation of the Czech education system according to the plans of Heydrich. These included, inter alia, the Germanization the reduction of the school, the resolution of private schools and the elimination of the school subject of history.
In addition, Moravec founded the public 's intelligence services ( Veřejná osvětová služba ), 1944 he was one of the founding fathers of the League against Bolshevism. For the outward appearance of the Minister of the Protectorate Moravec created a black uniform that resembled the SS and in which he appeared occasionally, while the other members of the government rejected this.
During the Prague Uprising Moravec took flight and even shot himself in Prague on the way to the Czernin Palace.
Works
- The end of the Benes - Republic - The Czechoslovak crisis, 1938, Prague 1940