DOCUMENTS OF GERMAN POLITICS
[Dokumente der Deutschen Politik Grossdeutschland 1938] -Vol. 6, part 1, 1939.
(edited by Paul Meier-Benneckenstein)
[Page 125, no. 21b]
Official Austrian Announcement of the change in the Austrian cabinet and the general political amnesty; dated 16 February 1938. At 0200 hours, the following announcement was made by the official news agency;
Bundes chancellor Von Schuschnigg proposed to the Bundes president a change in the cabinet. The Bund president has executed the following removals and appointments.
The cabinet now consists of the following:
Bund chancellor: Dr. Kurt Von Schuschnigg;
Vice chancellor: Field* marshal-Lieutenant Ludwig Huelgerth; Foreign minister: Dr. Guido Schmidt;
Finances: Dr. Rudolf Neumayer;
Commerce: Ing Julius Raab;
Social administration: Dr. Josef Resch;
Interior and Safety: Dr. Artur Seyss-Inquart;
Agriculture: Economy counsel Peter Mandorfer:
Education: Dr. Hans Pernter;
Justice: University professor Dr. Ludwig Von Adamovich; Minister without portfolio: Guido Zernatto;
Dr. n.c. Edmund Glaise-Horstenau; Hans Rott;
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[Pages 127-128]
The ministerial counsel, upon request of the Bund chancellor, decided in executing the measures of yesterday's official announcement, to submit to the Bundes president a resolution for the proclaiming of an amnesty for lawfully punishable political debits. It comprises all political crimes which were committed before the
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15th of February of this year, if the criminal remained in the country. It pertains to the noninstitution of penal procedure for actions before this date as well as the discontinuance of pending trials and amnesty of sentences not yet completed.
The amnesty is subject to the conditions of probation until 31 December 1941. The competent department ministers should quickly work out the required measures, in order to annul sentences passed on account of political delicts as well as measures referring to pensions, revenues, and supports and matters of education. Reinstatements into the active civil service are out of the question.
The Bundes government has taken steps in this spirit of reconciliation, to make it possible for all citizens heretofore standing on the sidelines to participate in the construction of the fatherland and thereby to safeguard the internal and external peace of the country.
Austrian government announcement of the new cabinet and the amnesty for political crimes
Date: 16 February 1938
Literal Title: Dokumente der Deutschen Politik, Grossdeutschland 1938 . . . Official Austrian Announcement of the change in the Austrian cabinet and the general political amnesty, dated 16 February 1938.
Defendant: Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-2464
Citation: IMT (page 554)
HLSL Item No.: 450715
Notes:The book of documents was published in 1939. This document was presented for judicial notice without an exhibit number.
Document Summary
PS-2464: Official Austrian Communique of the reorganization of the Austrian Cabinet and general political amnesty, dated 16 February 1938, published in Documents of German Politics, 1939, Volume VI, Part 1.
Official Austrian Announcement Of the change in the Austrian Cabinet and the general political amnesty, dated 16 February 1938.