Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
After the occupation of Czechoslovakia in spring 1939, Böhme was appointed the SiPo (Security Police) chief for the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, based in Prague. In this capacity, he was responsible for the command authority over all departments of the Gestapo in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Among his close associates in this position were Hans-Ulrich Geschke, leader of the Gestapo office in Prague, and Wilhelm Nölle, leader of the Gestapo office in Brünn.