In May 1945, he was arrested by British troops in Lübeck and interned in Nuremberg until September 1946, when he was extradited to Czechoslovakia and tried for his many war crimes committed in the Protectorate.
In May 1945, he was arrested by British troops in Lübeck and interned in Luxembourg and then at Nuremberg where he was charged as "a major war criminal". In September 1946 after being extradited to Czechoslovakia, he was tried for his many war crimes committed in the Protectorate.