Policejní ředitelství Praha II

The Police Directorate in Prague was established by a court decree of Joseph II in 1785. The local scope of the office gradually expanded. In 1850, it was stipulated that central offices should be established in places where the police district extended into individual districts. Special departments were set up to deal with common matters, the scope of which covered the entire Prague district (e.g. security department, passport department, central registration office). Neither the basic organisation nor the competences of the office changed with the establishment of the independent republic. The fonds contains files arising from the activities of the Prague Police Directorate from the period 1914-1953. More on the subject in the subfonds: The fonds Police Directorate Prague II - population records contains registration cards and house lists of the Prague population. All foreign and domestic residents were subject to registration. The Police Directorate Prague II - General Records Fonds is divided into three handling periods: 1921-1930, 1931-1940, 1941-1950. The fonds contains mainly files kept in police or police administrative matters on individual persons who resided in the territory of Greater Prague. In the personal files one can find information for the investigation of misdemeanors, reports on the person, personal documents (e.g. passports, ID photos, etc.). In the fonds of the Police Directorate Prague II - Police Presidium there are mainly matters of a political nature.