{"product_id":"prague-in-black-nazi-rule-and-czech-nationalism-9780674034594","title":"Prague in Black: Nazi Rule and Czech Nationalism","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn September 1938  the Munich Agreement delivered the Sudetenland to Germany. Six months later  Hitlers troops marched unopposed into Prague and established the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moraviathe first non-German territory to be occupied by Nazi Germany. Although Czechs outnumbered Germans thirty to one  Nazi leaders were determined to make the region entirely German.  Chad Bryant explores the origins and implementation of these plans as part of a wider history of Nazi rule and its consequences for the region. To make the Protectorate German  half the Czech population (and all Jews) would be expelled or killed  with the other half assimilated into a German national community with the correct racial and cultural composition. With the arrival of Reinhard Heydrich  Germanization measures accelerated. People faced mounting pressure from all sides. The Nazis required their subjects to act (and speak) German  while Czech patriots  and exiled leaders  pressed their countrymen to act as good Czechs.  By destroying democratic institutions  harnessing the economy  redefining citizenship  murdering the Jews  and creating a climate of terror  the Nazi occupation set the stage for the postwar expulsion of Czechoslovakias three million Germans and for the Communists rise to power in 1948. The region  Bryant shows  became entirely Czech  but not before Nazi rulers and their postwar successors had changed forever what it meant to be Czech  or German.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648175726645,"sku":"ByrdShop_0674034597","price":37.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780674034594.jpg?v=1781711718","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/prague-in-black-nazi-rule-and-czech-nationalism-9780674034594","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}