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V. Terrorism.
1. Police Terrorism.
a. The Power of the Police.
b. Concentration Camps.
2. Criminal Courts.
a. The People's Court (Volksgerichtshof)
b. Special Courts (Sondergerichte)
3. me State of Civil Emergency (Ziviler Ausnahmezustand)
a. The State of Civil Emergency (28.9.41-19.1.42).
b. The State of Civil Emergency (27.5.42-3.7.42).
(Lidice and Leihky).
VI. The Persons Responsible in the Opinion of the
Czechoslovak Government and the Unites
Nations War Crimes Commission.
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Col. Dr. B. ECER,
Minister Plenipotentiary,
Czechoslovak Representative on the
United Nations War Crimes Commission.
London, September 29th 1945.
CZECHOSLOVAK REPORT - PART N.
(ad para. 4, page 3 of the letter of Justice Jackson to
Lord Wright of 5th July, 1945)
I. DESTRUCTION OF CZECH DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS.
1. Abolition of Autonomy.
a) After Munich.
The Agreement of Munich, an economic and strategic deathblow
to the Republic, meant politically its submission under the will
and intentions of Germany. (see Part 111).
Germany forced the Czechoslovak Government to bring Czecho-
slovakia's foreign and home policy into line with the policy of
Nazi Germany. Step by step the prerogatives of an independent
State were abolished, and the Republic was in fact governed by