Jaroslav Krejčí
Jaroslav Krejčí | |
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| Prime Minister of Bohemia and Moravia | |
| In office 19 January 1942 – 19 January 1945 | |
| Preceded by | Alois Eliáš |
| Succeeded by | Richard Bienert |
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| Born | 27 June 1892 Křemenec, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 18 May 1956 (aged 63) Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Children | Jaroslav Krejčí |
| Alma mater | Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague |
| Occupation | Politician, jurist |
Jaroslav Krejčí (27 June 1892 – 18 May 1956) was a Czech lawyer and Nazi collaborator. He served as the prime minister of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia from 28 September 1941 to 19 January 1945.
Biography[edit]
Krejčí was born on 27 June 1892 in Křemenec, Moravia, Austria-Hungary. After graduating from the Faculty of Law of Charles University in 1915 he worked in the civil service in various positions. During the 1930s he also lectured on constitutional law at Masaryk University (from 1938 as professor).
From 12 December 1938 to 3 March 1939 he was minister of justice in Rudolf Beran's government of the Czechoslovak Second Republic and head of the Czechoslovak Constitutional Court. He served as minister of justice in all Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia governments and temporarily he was also minister of agriculture. From 28 September 1941 to 19 January 1945 he was prime minister, replacing Alois Eliáš, who had supported the underground resistance to Nazis and was executed. Krejčí was a close friend of president Emil Hácha. Krejčí and his government fully cooperated with the Germans. The most infamous member of his government was Emanuel Moravec, a symbol of Czech collaboration with the Nazis. After the war, Krejčí was sentenced to a 25-year prison term and subsequently died while in prison.
Wolf Gruner wrote that Krejčí "enthusiastically paid homage to Nazi rule".[1]: 106
His son, Jaroslav Krejčí (1916–2014), was a Czech lawyer, sociologist, and professor at Lancaster University in the United Kingdom.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Gruner, Wolf (2015). "Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia". In Gruner, Wolf; Osterloh, Jörg (eds.). The Greater German Reich and the Jews: Nazi Persecution Policies in the Annexed Territories 1935-1945. War and Genocide. Translated by Heise, Bernard. Berghahn Books. pp. 99–135. ISBN 978-1-78238-444-1.
- ^ "Sociology professor Krejčí dies in Britain aged 98". Prague Monitor. 2014-02-18. Archived from the original on 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
External links[edit]
- Biography on webpage of Czech government (in Czech)
- Members of Krejčí's government, 19 January 1942 – 19 January 1945 (in Czech)
- Newspaper clippings about Jaroslav Krejčí in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW
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- 1892 births
- 1956 deaths
- People from Konice
- People from the Margraviate of Moravia
- Government ministers of Czechoslovakia
- Prime Ministers of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
- Legal writers
- Czech collaborators with Nazi Germany
- Czech fascists
- Czech anti-communists
- Academic staff of Masaryk University
- Czechoslovak people who died in prison custody
- Prisoners who died in Czechoslovak detention
- National Partnership politicians
- Nazis who died in prison custody