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Emil Hácha

Czech politician
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Emil Hácha was a Czech jurist and statesman who served as the president of Czechoslovakia from 1938 to 1939. Following the Munich Agreement, which ceded the Sudetenland to Nazi Germany, Czechoslovakia was significantly weakened. In March 1939, under immense pressure from Adolf Hitler, Hácha agreed to the German occupation of the remaining Czech lands, Bohemia and Moravia.12

After the occupation, Hácha remained president, but his cabinet had limited powers. Reinhard Heydrich, head of German secret police, replaced the Reich protector in 1941 and initiated a reign of terror. Hácha stayed on as president, attempting to mitigate German brutality, until his death in 1945.3

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  2. Czechoslovak history - World War II
  3. 20th-century international relations - The taking of Czechoslovakia

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