Jaroslav Krejčí

Jaroslav Krejčí
Jaroslav Krejčí
Prime Minister of Bohemia and Moravia
	In office; 19 January 1942 – 19 January 1945
Preceded by	Alois Eliáš
Succeeded by	Richard Bienert
Personal details
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

Krejčí was born on 27 June 1892 in Křemenec, Moravia, Austria-Hungary. After graduating from the Faculty of Law at 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 a 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 the 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

^ 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

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

Government offices
Preceded by Alois Eliáš	Prime Minister of Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia 27 September 1941 – 19 January 1945	Succeeded by Richard Bienert

[1] 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.

[prmonitor-2] "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.

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