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Extract from a letter to Goering on the Nazi movement in Austria in the 1930s to prepare the way for Hitler's actions in March 1938

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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: 14 July 1939

Literal Title: To the General Field Marshal

Defendants: Hermann Wilhelm Goering, 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-2219

Exhibit Code: Prosecution 62

Document Book No: Prosecution N: Aggression: Austria (1)

Citation: IMT (page 510)

HLSL Item No.: 450701

Trial Issues

Conspiracy (and Common plan, in IMT) (IMT, NMT 1, 3, 4) IMT count 1: common plan or conspiracy (IMT) IMT count 2: crimes against peace (wars of aggression) (IMT) Wars of aggression

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PS-2219: Copy of letter from Seyss-Inquart to Goering

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PS-2219: Letter from Seyss-inquart to Goring, 14 July 1939: MÜhl-mann’s dismissal by BÜrckel; the Reich Commission in Austria should be abolished and BÜrckel should leave Austria; Seyss-inquart’s own political views