Analysis of economic and social impacts of the Third Reich militaristic economy in the Czech lands, based on the company Vítkovice Ironworks

The bachelor thesis deals with the economic situation during the Protectorate ofBohemia and Moravia, with a particular focus on the industry of Ostrava-karvinadistrict and the Vítkovice Ironworks. The first part is devoted to the Germanoccupational concept of Europe unification and the objectives that German Empireplanned to achieve. The second chapter explains the theory of administrative control ofeconomy under the German experiment. The third part describes essential historicalevents leading to the occupation of Czech lands and the subsequent establishment of theProtectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Furthermore, the work concerns the Protectorateeconomy involvement in the German large-scale economy and changes in the area ofindustry, waging, pricing and monetary policy. The last two chapters are the centraltheme of the thesis. The first one analyzes the impact of economic militarism on theindustry structure in Ostrava-karvina district with regard to the mining industry. Thesecond part is focused on the analysis of the impact of the war economy on theVítkovice Ironworks, particularly in terms of production, employment and laborproductivity. An important part of the thesis is also analysis of changes in socialconditions of the Vítkovice workers during the war.