Ministerstvo vnitra I., Praha

Ministerstvo vnitra I., Praha 

The Ministry of the Interior was established in 1918, and drew on the official agenda of the former Austrian Governor's Office. Its jurisdiction included matters of the state administration, organization of state and self-government authorities, issues of citizenship, and emigration and state security forces. The office consisted of 18 departments and this pattern was maintained throughout its existence (1918-1939, 1939-1945, and 1945-1948). At the time of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, the German population was excluded from its jurisdiction, falling under the specifically established German authorities and headed by the Office of the Reich Protector. After the 1942 administrative reform, some of the powers were transferred back from the German authorities to the Protectorate network of district and provincial authorities (headed by the Ministry of the Interior), and the leading posts of many offices were taken over by German officials. After the Second World War, the jurisdiction of the Ministry was restored in the form it had had during the pre-war Czechoslovakia, and was headed by a member of the Communist Party, Vaclav Nosek. This facilitated the Communists' seizure of power in 1948. 

Ministerstvo vnitra I., Praha