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The Reichsgau Sudetenland was an administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1939 to 1945. It comprised the northern part of the ''Sudetenland'' territory, which was annexed from Czechoslovakia according to the 1938 Munich Agreement. The ''Reichsgau'' was headed by the Sudeten German activist Konrad Henlein in the rank of a ''Reichsstatthalter''. The administrative capital was Reichenberg (Liberec). ==History== In the course of the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, on 30 September 1938 the Heads of Government of the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Germany signed the Munich Agreement, which enforced the cession of the ''Sudetenland'' to Germany. Czechoslovak representatives were not invited. On 1 October, invading Wehrmacht forces occupied the territory. The new Czechoslovak-German borders were officially fixed in a treaty on 21 November 1938. In consequence, the Czechoslovak Republic lost about one third of its population, its most important industrial area, and also its extended border fortifications. Initially, the German Army (''Heer'') established a civil administration under occupational law. On 1 October 1938, Konrad Henlein was appointed ''Reichskommissar'' of Sudetenland; however he did not assume power until 20 October. The Sudeten German Party was merged into the Nazi Party, all other political parties were banned. The Czech population had to accept German citzenship or were expelled and forcibly relocated to the Czechsolovak rump state, which itself from March 1939 was occupied by Germany and incorporated as "Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia". The ''Reichsgau'' was established by law of 25 March 1939, with effect from 15 April. The administrative structure was fixed on May 1. Smaller areas in the east, suchas the Hlučín Region, were ceded to the Prussian Province of Silesia, while the western and southern ''Sudentenland'' territories were attached to the Bavarian Gau Bayreuth as well as to the Austrian ''Reichsgaue'' ''Oberdonau'' and ''Niederdonau''. After Germany's defeat in World War II, the Czechoslovak state was re-established and the Sudeten German population was expelled. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Reichsgau Sudetenland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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