Arthur Seyss-Inquart

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Arthur Seyss-Inquart was an Austrian Nazi politician who played a key role in the Anschluss and later served as Reich Commissioner for the occupied Netherlands, for which he was executed as a war criminal after the Nuremberg Trials.

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instanceOf Austrian politician
Nazi official
convicted war criminal
human
causeOfDeath execution
citizenship Austria
Germany
convictedBy Nuremberg trials
surface form: International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg
convictedOf crimes against humanity
crimes against peace
war crimes
countryOfBirth Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary
countryOfDeath Allied occupation of Germany
surface form: Allied-occupied Germany
countryOfResidence Austria
Netherlands
countryRepresented Nazi Germany
dateOfBirth 1892-07-22
dateOfDeath 1946-10-16
educatedAt University of Vienna
ethnicGroup Germans
familyName Arthur Seyss-Inquart self-linksurface differs
surface form: Seyss-Inquart
fieldOfStudy law
givenName Arthur
mannerOfDeath execution by hanging
memberOf Nazi Party
surface form: National Socialist German Workers' Party

SS
militaryRank SS-Obergruppenführer
nativeLanguage German
notableFor administration of occupied Netherlands
implementation of anti-Jewish measures in the Netherlands
notableWork role in organizing the Anschluss
numberOfChildren 3
occupation lawyer
politician
participatedIn Anschluss of Austria
surface form: Anschluss

World War II
placeOfBirth Moravia
Stannern
placeOfDeath Bavaria
Nuremberg
positionHeld Chancellor of Austria
Deputy Governor of the General Government
Governor of the Ostmark
Minister of the Interior of Austria
Reich Commissioner for the Occupied Netherlands
religion Roman Catholicism
sexOrGender male
spouse Gertrud Maschka
trial Nuremberg trials
surface form: Nuremberg Trials

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Arthur Seyss-Inquart familyName Arthur Seyss-Inquart self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Seyss-Inquart
Anschluss of Austria keyFigure Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Nazi Party officials notableMember Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Reich Minister without Portfolio officeHolder Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Kurt Schuschnigg succeededBy Arthur Seyss-Inquart