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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)

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

Exhibit Code: Prosecution 17

Document Book No: Prosecution H

Citation: IMT (page 255)

HLSL Item No.: 450458

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Biographical and character evidence (all cases) Conspiracy (and Common plan, in IMT) (IMT, NMT 1, 3, 4) IMT count 1: common plan or conspiracy (IMT) Nazi regime (rise, consolidation, economic control, and militarization) (I…

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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