Occupation Industrial Policy in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia using the example of Joint stock company for processing caustic potash in Kolín (Kaliwerke AG)

The study briefly defines on selected features of the occupation policy, including its objectives within the territory of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia regarding industry. It notes the potential and actual economic significance of the German occupation of the Czech lands using the example of war production in Kolín. Selected German occupation administration measures within industry were illustrated using the example of Kaliwerke AG in Kolín. Previously unpublished archival documents at the State Regional Archives in Prague were used to analyse the increasing volume of Zyklon B production. It could not be shown that the Zyklon B produced in Kolín was used to kill people at concentration camps. Although production of Zyklon B at Kaliwerke AG had an increasing tendency during World War II, its share of the total volume was rather negligible.