Signatures of the President of Czechoslovakia Emil Hácha and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia František Chvalkovský under the Hácha Hitler Protocol on display at the Czech-Slovak Exhibition (Česko-slovenská výstava) in the National Museum (Národní muzeum) in Prague, Czech Republic. The document signed in Berlin on 15 March 1939 by Emil Hácha and František Chvalkovský put the territory and population of Bohemia and Moravia under the protection of the German Reich and ensured that the occupation of the Czech territory would not be resisted by the local people and military. On be
Signatures of the President of Czechoslovakia Emil Hácha and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia František Chvalkovský under the Hácha Hitler Protocol on display at the Czech-Slovak Exhibition (Česko-slovenská výstava) in the National Museum (Národní muzeum) in Prague, Czech Republic. The document signed in Berlin on 15 March 1939 by Emil Hácha and František Chvalkovský put the territory and population of Bohemia and Moravia under the protection of the German Reich and ensured that the occupation of the Czech territory would not be resisted by the local people and military. On behalf of Germany, the protocol was signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Joachim von Ribbentrop. President Emil Hácha signed the document only after a long time under great pressure and faced with threats from Adolf Hitler and other Nazi leaders. Several hours later, the German army occupied the territories of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia. The original of the document is presented at the exhibition devoted to the centenary of Czechoslovakia which runs till 30 June 2019.
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