Emanuel Sladek. Neznámý čelný funkcionář SS v Protektorátu Čechy a Morava
Emanuel Sladek: An unknown leading SS functionary in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia

Summary/Abstract: The author reconstructs the life story of SS-Oberführer Emanuel Sladek (1902–1947), the third highest-ranking Czech German in the SS hierarchy, who was sentenced to death and executed following WWII. The paper begins with a description of Sladek’s family and professional background and an outline of his politics. From his youth Sladek had been involved in various German nationalist organisations in the Jihlava district, assuming leading positions in several of them, and at the turn of the 1930s actively worked toward the breakup of the Czechoslovak Republic. Following the creation of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia his “service” was rewarded by acceptance into the SS and he was put in charge of the Jihlava 107th SS-Standarte. It was part of the Allgemeine-SS, by far the largest the SS organisation prior to the outbreak of the war. The paper outlines the tasks and activities that Sladek carried out as a senior representative of the Allgemeine-SS in the Protectorate. These ultimately faded markedly as the ambitious Sladek attempted to join the Waffen-SS, which rejected him for a variety of reasons. In conclusion there is a brief description of his trial.

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