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Arthur Seyss-Inquart , 1892-1946, Austrian National Socialist leader. In Feb., 1938, Chancellor Schuschnigg of Austria was forced by German pressure to appoint him minister of the interior. Seyss-Inquart became chancellor a few hours before German troops entered (Mar. 11) Austria. The Anschluss [union] of Austria and Germany was announced on Mar. 15, and Seyss-Inquart was made governor of Austria. In 1940 he was appointed German high commissioner in the occupied Netherlands, where he ruthlessly exterminated the Dutch Jews and deported many thousands to slave-labor camps. He was convicted as a war criminal and was hanged.

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Seyss-Inquart, Arthur (1892–1946) Austrian Nazi leader. As Interior Minister in Vienna, he organized the ANSCHLUSS with Germany in 1938, and was made governor of Austria by Hitler. He later became the Nazi commissioner in the occupied Netherlands, where he was responsible for thousands of executions and deportations to CONCENTRATION CAMPS. He was sentenced to death at the NUREMBERG TRIALS.

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