Breweries in the Bohemin Lands under the German Ocupation: Instiutional and Proprietary Change

Abstract

The study deals with the brewing industry in the Bohemian Lands within the specific period of Nazi occupation. In the middle of interest there are the control mechanisms and subjection of the Protectorate brewing industry to the occupational needs, in other words the question - was the Bohemian brewing industry subjected to occuptional needs and to what extent? Which were the key methods or instruments within this process? The administration and breweries are analalyzed in relation to the process of Germanisation.

Special attention is given to personal and proprietary changes of selected joint-stock breweries.

Keywords

• brewing industry
• Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
• managed economy
• administration
• joint-stock breweries