Češi pod německým protektorátem. Okupační politika, kolaborace a odboj 1939–1945 – Brandes Detlef (2019)

A fundamental monographic work on the history of the Protectorate was first published in Czech in 1999. For the current edition, the author has significantly revised it, adding about one hundred manuscript pages, in which he has taken into account the development of knowledge on the subject up to the present and corrected some of his conclusions in certain aspects. Professor Detlef Brandes, a well-known and widely recognized German historian specializing, among other things, in Czech-German relations in the 20th century, captures in his work the complete history of the so-called Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Based on detailed studies of both Czech and German sources, he provides a factually rich synthesis of German occupation policy, Czech collaboration and resistance, as well as all aspects of public life in Bohemia and Moravia from 1939 to 1945. The more restrained he is in his explicit evaluations, the more the presented facts speak for themselves. The monographic nature of the work, as well as the breadth and depth of the treatment of the subject, is unparalleled in both Czech and German literature. Due to its extraordinary objectivity, it is valued by both German and Czech historians and remains an essential work that has not been surpassed. This significance is further underscored by the author's exceptional contribution to the current, i.e., third Czech edition of the work.