Generální velitel četnictva, Praha

Generální velitel četnictva, Praha 

GVČ 

General Commander of the Gendarmerie 

NAD 1009 

Generalkommandant der Gendarmerie, Prag 

Generální velitel četnictva, Praha 

GVČ 

General Commander of the Gendarmerie 

NAD 1009 

Generalkommandant der Gendarmerie, Prag 

The collection consists out of 25 linear meters of processed and inventoried documents. 1.9 linear meters are unprocessed and inaccessible. 

The Gendarmerie in the pre-war Czechoslovak Republic was a militarily organized security force, according to the applicable legal requirements and according to the relevant state authorities to maintain public order and security throughout the territory of Czechoslovakia. It was also responsible for the border control and sent illegal emigrants from Nazi-Germany, under them also Jews, back to Germany. After the establishment of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, the Gendarmerie became part of the occupation administration. Gendarmes were given functions such as auxiliary police, accompanying transports of Czech and Moravian Jews from different places to the Theresienstadt Ghetto and mainly serving as camp guards and in the prison service.