Statement of Arthur Seyss-Inquart's positions in the party, SS, and government, 1938-1945

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Arthur Seyss-Inquart (Nazi official, Austria, Poland, Netherlands)

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Arthur Seyss-Inquart

Austrian Nazi politician, and Nazi ruler of occupied Netherlands, convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death (1892-1946)

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  • Born: 1892-07-22 (Stonařov)
  • Died: 1946-10-16 (Nuremberg)
  • Country of citizenship: Austria; Austria-Hungary; Nazi Germany
  • Occupation: jurist; lawyer; politician
  • Member of political party: Fatherland Front; Nazi Party
  • Member of: Schutzstaffel
  • Position held: Federal Chancellor of Austria (period: 1938-03-11 through 1938-03-13; replaced by: Anschluss; replaces: Kurt Schuschnigg); Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs (period: 1945-04-30 through 1945-05-02; replaced by: Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk; replaces: Joachim von Ribbentrop); Reichskommissar; member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany
  • Employer: Austrian Federal Government; Reichskommissariat Niederlande

Date: 10 November 1945

Literal Title: Positions Held by Seyss-Inquart

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-2910

Citation: IMT (page 255)

HLSL Item No.: 450458

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PS-2910: Positions held by Seyss-Inquart

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PS-2910: List of posts held by Seyss-inquart till 1945, signed by him 10 November 1945

POSITIONS HELD BY SEYSS-INQUART
1. Member of the NSDAP (Nazi Party) 13 March 1938-8
May 1945. '
2. General in the SS, 15 March 1938-8 May 1945.
3. State Councillor of Austria, May 1937-12 February 1938.
4. Minister of the Interior and Security of Austria, 16 February-11 March 1938.
5. Chancellor of Austria, 11 March-15 March 1938.
6. Reich Governor of Austria, 15 March 1938-1 May 1939.
7. Member of the Reichstag, April, 1938-8 May 1945.
8. Member of the Reich Cabinet, 1 May 1939-1945.
9. Reich Minister Without Portfolio, 1 May 1939-September
1939.
10. Chief of the Civil Administration of South Poland, Early September 1939.
11. Deputy Governor-General of the Polish Occupied Territory, 12 October 1939-18 May 1940.
12. Reich Commissar for Occupied Netherlands, 18 May 1940
-8 May 1945. (Started on 29 May 1940)
I certify that the above and foregoing correctly lists positions held by me from 1934 to 1945.
done at Nürnberg, Germany, 10 November 1945. ' ,
[signed] Arthur Seyess-Inquart
Witness to Signature: A/ W. Frank, Capt. A/ Gladys Picklesimer
ARTHUR SEYSS-INQUART
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