Ministerstvo sociální péče, Praha

The Ministry of Social Welfare was during the years of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in charge of supporting the Jewish emigration abroad. The Ministry developed guidelines for the employment of Jews in the civil service, their legal status, control of Jewish names, Aryan certificates, Employment Law for Jews, Pension payments to Jews, The Ministry of Social Welfare (Ministerstvo sociální péče) was founded at the End of 1917 still during the Habsburg Monarchy. The Ministry continued to exist in the new founded Czechoslovak Republic. Its tasks were childcare, war damages, housing assistance, cooperatives, employment services, social security and labor inspection. In 1938 the Ministry was reformed into the Ministry of Social and Health Administration (Ministerstvo socialní a zdravotní správy). After the occupation of the country by German Wehrmacht in March 1939 its tasks were changed to housing, social policy, labor law, consumer protection, social security, health care, veterinary services and care for war damage. In 1942 the next administration reform changed the institution in the Ministry of economy and work (Ministerstvo hospodářství a práce). The finding aids Nr. 411/01-03 and 492 are online available in Czech: http://www.badatelna.eu/fond/482