Předsednictvo ministerské rady, Praha

The most extensive part of the collection consists of materials from the general files, which passed through all departments of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers between 1918 and 1942. Files relating to the organization, activities and legal status of the Jews, for example, are related to the issue. In addition, extensive files containing anti-Jewish measures during the occupation (boxes 3414-3422), regulations on Jewish emigration from the Protectorate and on the property situation of Jews (box 3801), and legislative measures of the German authorities concerning the disposition of the property of Jewish religious communities (box 3777) can be traced. After the establishment of the Czechoslovak Republic in 1918 and after the establishment of ministries and the government, the Presidency of the Council of Ministers was also established. The Presidency of the Council of Ministers (in practice more often referred to as the Presidium of the Council of Ministers) ensured the uniformity of the legislative and administrative activities of the various ministries. In the context of the occupation, the competences of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers became increasingly limited and the office lost its importance. The Bureau of the Council of Ministers was abolished by government decree of 15 January 1942. The Prime Minister's Secretariat was set up to deal with the matters that remained reserved for the Government and the Prime Minister, but it was responsible for only a small part of the activities of the former Bureau of the Council of Ministers and had mainly a clerical and technical function.