Arthur Seyss-Inquart
said
The Jews are the enemy of National Socialism.
— Speech in Amsterdam, March 12, 1941. Quoted in "The Trial of the Germans" - Page 468 - by Eugene Davidson - History - 1997
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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Lived 1892–1946, aged 54
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He delivered Austria to Hitler in two days as chancellor, then administered Nazi occupation in Poland and the Netherlands — where he oversaw the deportation and murder of the vast majority of Dutch Jews. Hanged at Nuremberg.
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Arthur Seyss-Inquart fought with distinction for Austria-Hungary in World War I, then built a successful law practice and rose through the governments of Chancellors Dollfuss and Schuschnigg. In 1938, as Germany threatened invasion, Schuschnigg resigned and Seyss-Inquart was installed as his successor on 11 March; within two days he transferred power to Germany and Austria became the province of Ostmark, with Seyss-Inquart as its governor. During World War II he served briefly as deputy governor in occupied Poland, then from 1940 as Reichskommissar of the occupied Netherlands, where he institu…
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Arthur Seyss-Inquart
said
The Fuehrer declared that the Jews have played their final act in Europe, and therefore they have played their final act.
— Speech in Amsterdam, March 12, 1941. Quoted in "The Scourge of the Swastika: A Short History of Nazi War Crimes" - Page 248 - World War,
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
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The National Socialist Party in Austria never tried to hide its inclination for a greater Germany.
— Speech in Berlin, April 7, 1938. Quoted in "The Trial of the Germans" - by Eugene Davidson - History - 1997
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
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Death by hanging...well, in view of the whole situation, I never expected anything different. It's all right.
— To G.M. Gilbert, about receiving the death sentence. Quoted in "Nuremberg Diary" by G. M. Gilbert - History - 1995
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