The Party of National Unity ( cs, Strana národní jednoty or Strana národního sjednocení) was a party created on 21 November 1938 in the

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part of

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after the occupation of large parts of the country by

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(

Munich Agreement The Munich Agreement ( cs, Mnichovská dohoda; sk, Mníchovská dohoda; german: Münchner Abkommen) was an agreement concluded at Munich on 30 September 1938, by Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy. It provided "cession to Germany ...

) and

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(

First Vienna Award The First Vienna Award was a treaty signed on 2 November 1938 pursuant to the Vienna Arbitration, which took place at Vienna's Belvedere Palace. The arbitration and award were direct consequences of the previous month's Munich Agreement, which ...

) as a last attempt to unify forces to save

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

from disappearing. Its Slovak equivalent in the Slovak part of Czechoslovakia was the Hlinka's Slovak Peoples Party - Party of Slovak National Unity created on 8 November.

It included most of all previous Czech political parties - absolute majority of the

Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants sk, Republikánska strana zemedelského a maloroľníckeho ľudu , logo = , leader = Stanislav Kubr Josef Žďárský Antonín ŠvehlaRudolf Beran , foundation = , dissolution = , merged = Party of National Unity , you ...

, National Unification, Czechoslovak Traders' Party,

National Fascist Community The National Fascist Community ( cs, Národní obec fašistická, ''NOF'', sometimes translated as ''National Fascist League'') was a Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak Fascism, Fascist movement led by Radola Gajda, and based on the Fascism of Benito Mus ...

, minor parties like

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Czechoslovak Christian Social Party Czechoslovak may refer to: *A demonym or adjective pertaining to Czechoslovakia (1918–93) ** First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–38) ** Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–39) ** Third Czechoslovak Republic (1948–60) **Fourth Czechoslovak R ...

, National People's Party and part of

Czechoslovak People's Party Czechoslovak may refer to: *A demonym or adjective pertaining to Czechoslovakia (1918–93) **First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–38) **Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–39) **Third Czechoslovak Republic (1948–60) ** Fourth Czechoslovak Repu ...

and

Czechoslovak National Social Party Czech National Social Party ( Czech: ''Česká strana národně sociální'', ČSNS) is a civic nationalist political party in the Czech Republic, that once played an important role in Czechoslovakia during the interwar period. It was establishe ...

. Ideologically the party was corporatist and quasi-fascist. The party's chairman was the

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Rudolf Beran Rudolf Beran (28 December 1887, in Pracejovice, Strakonice District – 23 April 1954, in Leopoldov Prison) was a Czechoslovak politician who served as prime minister of the country before its occupation by Nazi Germany and shortly thereafter, be ...

. The party was forcibly dissolved after the creation of the

Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia; cs, Protektorát Čechy a Morava; its territory was called by the Nazis ("the rest of Czechia"). was a partially annexed territory of Nazi Germany established on 16 March 1939 following the German oc ...

in March 1939. A part of the membership created the ''Národní souručenství'' (in English approx. National Partnership), the only Czech political organization permitted by the Germans in the Protectorate.

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