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National Partnership

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National Partnership Czech: Národní souručenství German: Nationale Gemeinschaft
Abbreviation	NS
Leader	Emil Hácha
Chairman	Adolf Hrubý [cs] (1939) Josef Nebeský (1939–41) Jan Fousek (1941–42) Tomáš Krejčí (1942–45)
Founded	March 21, 1939 (1939-03-21)
Banned	June 4, 1945 (1945-06-04)
Merger of	Party of National Unity, National Labour Party
Headquarters	Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Youth wing	Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth
Membership	c. 4,000,000
Ideology	Authoritarianism Collaborationism Anti-communism Antisemitism Nazism
Political position	Far-right
Colors	Black
Slogan	Vlasti zdar ('Success to the homeland')
Politics of Czech Republic Political parties Elections

National Partnership (Czech: Národní souručenství, NS, German: Nationale Gemeinschaft) was the only authorized political party in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Membership was mandatory for all Czech male full-aged citizens of the Protectorate.^[1]

The party was established as a reaction to the German occupation of Czechoslovakia and was the basis for Czech collaboration during World War II. Two parties — the Party of National Unity and the National Labour Party — merged on appeal of President Emil Hácha on 21 March 1939 and established the National Partnership as a nationwide party. On 6 April 1939, the party was declared the only political party in Bohemia and Moravia (except for the Nazi Party, which was exclusively for Germans).

The Prime Minister of Bohemia and Moravia Alois Eliáš was in communication with the Czechoslovak government-in-exile and helped the Czech Resistance movement until he was executed in June 1942.^[2]

After the assassinationofReinhard Heydrich in 1942, Emanuel Moravec gained propaganda influence. After 15 January 1943, the party ceased to fulfill the functions of a political party and became a larger propaganda machine of the Nazi regime.^[3]

Politicians[edit]

The most prominent politicians of the party:

• Alois Eliáš (1890–1942), a former Czechoslovak General who was executed for his secret contacts with the Czechoslovak government-in-exile in 1942; Prime Minister from 1939 to 1941.
• Ladislav Karel Feierabend, Minister of Agriculture from 1939 to 1940. Joined the London-based Czechoslovak government in 1940.
• Jiří Havelka, Minister of Traffic from 1939 to 1941.
• Josef Ježek, Interior Minister from 1939 to 1942.
• Jan Kapras, Minister of Education from 1939 to 1942.
• Josef Kalfus (1880–1956), Minister of Finance from 1939 to 1945.
• Josef Nebeský, Party President from 1939 to 1941.
• Josef Fousek (1875–1942), Party President from 1941 to 1942.
• Jaroslav Krejčí (1892–1956), Minister of Justice from 1939 to 1945, as well as Minister President from 1942 to 1945.
• Jindřich Kamenický, Minister of Traffic from 1941 to 1945.
• Walter Bertsch, Minister of Economics from 1942 to 1945.
• Richard Bienert (1881–1949), Interior Minister from 1942 to 1945, as well as the last Minister President in 1945.
• Adolf Hrubý (1893–1951), Minister of Agriculture from 1942 to 1945.
• Tomáš Krejčí, Führer (Vůdce) of the Party from 1942 to 1945.
• Emanuel Moravec, Minister of Education from 1942 to 1945.

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