[Excerpt of Volume 222 issued by the Reichsfuehrer of the Chief of the Reichs Security Main Office—RSHA]
SECRET
SEIZURE OF LEADING MEN OF THE SYSTEM ERA. [Nazi expression for the 14 years of the Weimar Republic]
June 1939
CONTENTS
I. Index and Statistics __________________________________ Page 1
II. Synopsis of Various groups..................................Page 3
III. Statistics of Various groups.............................. Page 8
IV. List of all the persons................................... Page 17
INDEX AND STATISTICS OF ALL PERSONS SEIZED In all the following were seized: 553 Persons
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Divided thus:
Group 1. Marxists —- Communists...........192 Persons
Group 2. Liberalists — Pacifists__________ 82 Persons
Group 3. Confessional Parties............ 76 Persons
Group 4. Right Opposition [Rechtsopositienen] ...................... 73 Persons
Group 5. Prominent Austrians of the
System Era .................... 48 Persons
Group 6. Scientists ........................ 17 Persons
Group 7. Artists ...................... 18 Persons
Group 8. Writers — Journalists............ 47 Persons
STATISTICS
Of all the people seized the following are:
Jews ...................................... 58—(10%)
Free Masons ............................... 45—( 9%)
Temporarily, or at the present time still in protective custody,
prison or penitentiary........................102—(19%)
I. In the country there are: 349— (63 %)
1. Remaining in their old professions or returned to them.
(Mainly State or official positions)..... 61—(11%)
2. People receiving pensions...............109—(20%)
II. Living Abroad 204—(37%)
1. Politically prominent people working on
emigration______________________________138—(25%)
2. Distribution in the various countries:
France ............................... 61
Switzerland ........................... 26
England ............................... 19
The States............................... 17
Extract from a report on the seizure of leading figures of the Weimar period, including the number seized (553), their political or professional affiliations, the number of Jews and Freemasons, and their current whereabouts (still in custody, in Germany, or abroad)
Date: June 1939
Literal Title: Seizure of Leading Men of the System Era (*Nazi expression for the 14 years of the Weimar Republic) June 1939
Total Pages: 2
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-1430
Citation: IMT (page 255)
HLSL Item No.: 450345
Trial Issues
Conspiracy (and Common plan, in IMT) (IMT, NMT 1, 3, 4) IMT count 1: common plan or conspiracy (IMT) Nazi regime (rise, consolidation, economic control, and militarization) (I… Persecution of political, religious, and ethnic ("racial") groups (IMT, NM…
Document Summary
PS-1430: Black Lists of the Reichs Director of the SS and the Chief of the RSHA, Classified Secret, #222. Consisting of ten pamphlets in one folder
Black Lists of the Reichs Director of the SS and the Chief of the RSHA, Classified Secret, #222. Consisting of ten pamphlets in one folder
PS-1430: Excerpt of Volume 222 issued by the Reichsfuehrer of the Chief of the Reich Security Office "Seizure of Leading Men of the 106 System Ern II (Nazi expression for the 14 years of the Weimar Republic).