{"id":"arthur-seyss-inquart","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/arthur-seyss-inquart","language":"en","name":"Arthur Seyss-Inquart","name_en":"Arthur Seyss-Inquart","name_ne":null,"description":"Austrian Nazi politician, and Nazi ruler of occupied Netherlands, convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death (1892–1946)","headline":"Austrian Nazi politician, and Nazi ruler of occupied Netherlands, convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death (1892–1946)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Arthur Seyss-Inquart was an Austrian Nazi politician and convicted war criminal 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.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"22 July 1892","date":"1892-07-22"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q650219#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Stonařov","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q933361"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q650219#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"16 October 1946","date":"1946-10-16"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q650219#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Nuremberg Court Prison","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q187725"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q650219#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Austria–Hungary","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28513"},{"text":"Austria","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q650219#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"lawyer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40348"},{"text":"jurist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185351"},{"text":"writer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36180"},{"text":"Holocaust perpetrator","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134499738"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q650219#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Nazi Party (1938–1945)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7320","start":"1938-03-13","end":"1945-05-08"},{"text":"Fatherland Front","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q695482"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q650219#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"University of Vienna","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q165980"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q650219#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs (30 April 1945 – 2 May 1945)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q568605","start":"1945-04-30","end":"1945-05-02"},{"text":"Reichskommissar (18 May 1940 – 8 May 1945)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q695843","start":"1940-05-18","end":"1945-05-08"},{"text":"member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany (1938–1945)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17856046","start":"1938-04","end":"1945-05-08"},{"text":"Federal Chancellor of Austria (11 March 1938 – 13 March 1938)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1006398","start":"1938-03-11","end":"1938-03-13"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q650219#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Wound Badge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q680248"},{"text":"Anschluss Medal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q383806"},{"text":"Karl Troop Cross","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q683623"},{"text":"Danzig Cross 2nd Class","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134484764","date":"1939-10-24"},{"text":"Bronze Military Merit Medal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29834301"},{"text":"Silver Military Merit Medal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29834198"},{"text":"Wound Medal (Austria-Hungary)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q676436","date":"1917"},{"text":"Hungarian War Memorial Medal with Swords","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q135010391"},{"text":"Cross of Honour for Combatants, with Swords","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130538872"},{"text":"Golden Party Badge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q640988"},{"text":"Faithfull Service Award 2nd Grade","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q135011520"},{"text":"Sudetenland Medal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q688857"},{"text":"Wound Badge (1918) in Black","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130343741"},{"text":"Eastern Medal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312439"},{"text":"Military Merit Cross","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q701262"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q650219#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Seyss-Inquart","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q650219"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Arthur Seyss-Inquart born?","a":"Arthur Seyss-Inquart was born on 22 July 1892 in Stonařov."},{"q":"What positions has Arthur Seyss-Inquart held?","a":"Positions held by Arthur Seyss-Inquart include: Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs (1945–1945); 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