Seyss-Inquart, Arthur, 1892-1946

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Name (Hebrew)
זייס-אינקווארט, ארתור, 1892-1946
Name (Latin)
Seyss-Inquart, Arthur, 1892-1946
Other forms of name
Inquart, Arthur Seyss
Date of birth
1892-07-22
Date of death
1946-10-16
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 52485312
Wikidata: Q650219
Library of congress: no 97079764
Sources of Information
  • Die zwei Nazi-Bonzen, Seyss-Inquart und Hanns Rauter regierten in Holland während der Nazizeit 1940-1945, 1995:p. 2 (Arthur Seyss-Inquart, b. 1892 in Stanners/Iglau in Sudetenland)
  • Encyc. of the Third Reich, c1991(Seyss-Inquart, Arthur; b. Stannern bei Iglau (Moravia), 1892; d. Nuremberg, 1946)
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Wikipedia description:

Arthur Seyss-Inquart (German: Seyß-Inquart [ˈartuːɐ̯ saɪs ˈɪŋkvart] ; 22 July 1892 – 16 October 1946) was an Austrian Nazi politician who served as Chancellor of Austria in 1938 for two days before the Anschluss. His positions in Nazi Germany included deputy governor to Hans Frank in the General Government of Occupied Poland, and Reichskommissar for the German-occupied Netherlands. In the latter role, he shared responsibility for the deportation of Dutch Jews and the shooting of hostages. During World War I, Seyss-Inquart fought for the Austro-Hungarian Army with distinction. After the war he became a successful lawyer, and went on to join the governments of Chancellors Engelbert Dollfuss and Kurt Schuschnigg. In 1938, Schuschnigg resigned in the face of a German invasion, and Seyss-Inquart was appointed his successor. The newly installed Nazis proceeded to transfer power to Germany, and Austria subsequently became the German province of Ostmark, with Seyss-Inquart as its governor (Reichsstatthalter). During World War II, Seyss-Inquart served briefly as the Deputy Governor General in occupied Poland and, following the fall of the Low Countries in 1940, he was appointed Reichskommissar of the occupied Netherlands. He was a member of the Schutzstaffel (SS) and held the rank of SS-Obergruppenführer. He instituted a reign of terror, with Dutch civilians subjected to forced labour and the vast majority of Dutch Jews deported and murdered. At the Nuremberg trials, Seyss-Inquart was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity, sentenced to death, and executed by hanging.

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