Artur Seyss-Inquart

• Part 1
  • A. Positions Held By Seyss-Inquart
• Part 2
  • B. Seyss-Inquart Used His Positions And Influence So As To Promote The Nazi Seizure And Consolidation Of Control Over Austria.
    • B.(1) Seyss-Inquart was a member of the Nazi Party and held the rank of General in the SS.
    • B.(2) Seyss-Inquart, even before he became a member of the Nazi Party, belonged to an organization conceived and founded upon principles which later became those of the Nazi Party.
  • Part 3
    • B.(3) Seyss-Inquart, after the Austrian Nazi Party was declared illegal in July 1934, posed as a non-member of the Nazi Party but continued to support it in its activities, principles, and objectives in a subversive manner.
    • B.(4) Seyss-Inquart derived personal benefits and political power as the result of the subversive manipulations and terroristic activities of his fellow Nazi collaborators.
    • B.(5) Seyss-Inquart used his affiliation with the Nazis to promote the absorption of Austria into the Greater German Reich according to plan as conceived by his fellow Nazi conspirators.
  • Part 4
    • B.(5) (continued)
  • Part 5
    • B.(5) (continued)
    • B.(6) The activities of Seyss-Inquart and his fellow Nazi conspirators and collaborators forced the then Austrian government into a critical situation and a struggle for survival.
    • B.(7) Finally Chancellor Schuschnigg determined to go before the people for a decision on the question of Austrian independence.
  • Part 6
    • B.(7) (continued)
    • B.(8) Seyss-Inquart then proceeded to carry out Hitler's orders and to fulfill the plans made by himself and his fellow Nazi conspirators.
  • Part 7
    • B.(8) (continued)
  • Part 8
    • B.(8) (continued)
    • B.(9) Having infiltrated into the Austrian Government of Chancellor Schuschnigg according to plan, Seyss-Inquart exploited his opportunities to carry out the plan to its ultimate conclusion, i.e. German annexation of Austria.
  • Part 9
    • B.(10) Despite Seyss-Inquart's modesty since arrest and indictment, his fellow Nazi conspirators recognized the importance of his part in the Austrian Anschluss.
    • B.(11) The Nazi conspirators within the German Reich evidenced their intentions of annexing Austria in many ways.
  • Part 10
    • B.(12) Hitler and the Nazi conspirators completed the annexation of Austria by decree.
    • B.(13) Seyss-Inquart participated in the execution of the plans for aggression against Czechoslovakia.
• Part 11
  • C. Seyss-Inquart Participated In The Political Planning And Preparation Of The Nazi Conspirators For Wars Of Aggression And Wars In Violation Of International Treaties, Agreements, And Assurances Set Forth In Counts One And Two Of The Indictment.
  • D. Seyss-Inquart Authorized, Directed, And Participated In The Conspiracy To Commit War Crimes As Set Forth In The Indictment.
    • D.(1) Austria.
  • Part 12
    • D.(2) Poland.
    • D.(3) The Netherlands.
  • Part 13
    • D.(3) (continued)
  • Part 14
    • D.(3) (continued)
  • Part 15
    • D.(3) (continued)
  • Part 16
    • D.(3) (continued)
• Part 17
  • E. Seyss-Inquart Participated In The Conspiracy To Commit Crimes Against Humanity As Set Forth In The Indictment.
    • E.(1) Austria.
    • E.(2) Poland.
    • E.(3) The Netherlands.
  • Part 18
    • E.(3) (continued)
• Legal References And List Of Documents Relating To Artur Seyss-Inquart
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