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Agreement between Hitler and Dr. Hacha (president of Czechoslovakia), that "the fate of the Czech people and of their country" was to be placed "in the hands of the Fuehrer of the German Reich"
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Authors
Adolf Hitler (Fuehrer, Reich Chancellor, Supeme Commander of Wehrmacht)
Adolf Hitler
Austrian nationalized German politician, leader of the National Socialist party and dictator of Germany (1889-1945)
- Born: 1889-01-01 1889-04-20 (Braunau am Inn) (country: Austria-Hungary; located in the administrative territorial entity: Archduchy of Austria above the Enns; statement is subject of: Adolf-Hitler-Geburtshaus)
- Died: 1945-04-30 (Berlin Führerbunker) (country: Nazi Germany; located in the administrative territorial entity: Berlin; statement is subject of: death of Adolf Hitler)
- Country of citizenship: Cisleithania (period: 1889-04-20 through 1918-11-11); First Republic of Austria (period: 1919-01-01 through 1925-04-30); Nazi Germany (end cause: death of Adolf Hitler; period: 1933-01-30 through 1945-04-30); Republic of German-Austria (period: 1918-01-01 through 1919-01-01)
- Occupation: painter (statement is subject of: paintings by Adolf Hitler); political writer; politician (reason for preferred rank: generally used form); soldier
- Member of political party: German Workers' Party (period: 1919-09-12 through 1921-07-11); Nazi Party (series ordinal: 556)
- Member of: Nazi Party
- Participant in: Aktion T4; Beer Hall Putsch; The Holocaust; ethnic cleansing
- Significant person: Albert Speer; Benito Mussolini; Eva Braun; Joseph Stalin
Joachim Ribbentrop, von (Minister for Foreign Affairs (1938-45))
Joachim von Ribbentrop
German Foreign Minister of Nazi Germany (1893–1946)
- Born: 1893-04-30 (Wesel)
- Died: 1946-10-16 (Nuremberg)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: diplomat; politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Member of: Schutzstaffel; Travellers Club
- Participant in: International Military Tribunal (role: defendant)
- Military rank: Oberleutnant
Emil Hacha (Dr., president of Czechoslovakia)
Emil Hácha
Czech politician, political prisoner, lawyer, translator and judge (1872-1945)
- Born: 1872-07-12 (Trhové Sviny)
- Died: 1945-06-27 (Prague)
- Country of citizenship: Austria-Hungary; Czechoslovakia; Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
- Occupation: judge; jurist; lawyer; poet
- Member of political party: National Partnership
- Position held: President of Czechoslovakia (period: 1938-11-30 through 1939-03-14; replaced by: Edvard Beneš; replaces: Edvard Beneš); state president of the protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (period: 1939-03-15 through 1945-05-09)
- Educated at: Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague
- Spouse: Marie Háchová
Frantisek Chvalkovsky (Dr., Czech foreign minister)
František Chvalkovský
Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament, minister of foreign affairs and Czechoslovak politician (1885-1945)
- Born: 1885-07-30 (Jílové u Prahy)
- Died: 1945-02-25 (Berlin)
- Country of citizenship: Austria-Hungary; Czechoslovakia
- Occupation: diplomat; politician
- Member of political party: Republican Party of Agricultural and Smallholder People
- Position held: Minister of Foreign Affairs (Czechoslovakia) (period: 1938-10-04 through 1939-03-15); ambassador; member of parliament
- Educated at: Charles University
- VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/6145193217570461011
Date: 15 March 1939
Literal Title: Text of the agreement between the Fuehrer and Reichs Chancellor Adolf Hitler and the President of the Czecho-Slovak State, Dr. Hacha.
Defendant: Joachim Ribbentrop, von
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: TC-49
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 6
Document Book No: Prosecution 1
Citation: IMT (page 944)
HLSL Item No.: 450656
Notes:For the meeting that led up to the signing of the agreement, see document TC 48, recording Hacha's acceptance of the German occupation.