Dr. Maximilian Girth (1910-1971), vládní komisař a starosta města Prostějov v období Protektorátu Čechy a Morava:

• Authors: Květa Merunková

Title variants

EN

Dr Maximilian Girth (1910-1971), government commissioner and mayor of the town of Prostějov during the period of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia:

DE

Dr. Maximilian Girth (1910-1971), Regierungskommissar und Bürgermeister der Stadt Prostějov zurzeit des Protektorats Böhmen und Mähren:

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The objective of this paper is to map the fate of Dr Maximilian Girth (1910– 1971). This ethnic German worked as a clerk and head of the communal administration it the town of Prostějov during the period of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. This paper focuses mainly on the period between 1940 and 1944, when Girth assumed the position of Government Commissioner and subsequently mayor of the town of Prostějov, however, it also summarises his fate after the Second World War.

Keywords

EN

history; 20th century; Czechoslovakia; Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia; Second World War; Prostějov; government administration; Germanisation

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Moderní dějiny: sborník k dějinám 19. a 20. století (Modern History: Studies into 19th and 20th century history)
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 233-247
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Květa Merunková

• Moderní dějiny, redakce, Historický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Prosecká 76, 190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic