RK 22393 B 30 Oct. 38
Vienna 1, Ballhausplatz 2, 23 Oct. 1938 Telephone U 24-5-20
Der Reichsstatthalter [Various notations]
File Reference Z1.43-763-Prot.l/38 My dear Reich Minister:
May I recall to you myself and the law concerning confiscation of property of enemies of the State? The administration of this sphere is in some disorder and I do not wish to create order with insufficient means since that is useless.
I believe that this law is almost completed and ready for the signature of the Fuehrer, and I hope that you, dear Reich Minister, will have occasion to obtain the signature soon.
With best regards I remain,
Heil Hitler!
Yours faithfully, (signed) SEYSS-INQUART
To: Reich Minister and Chief of the Reich Chancellery, Dr. Lam-mers,
Berlin W 8, Wilhelmstrasse 78.
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Letter to Lammers, asking him to expedite the signing of the decree for the confiscation of property from "enemies of the State" in Austria
Authors
Arthur Seyss-Inquart (Nazi official, Austria, Poland, Netherlands)
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Austrian Nazi politician, and Nazi ruler of occupied Netherlands, convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death (1892-1946)
- Born: 1892-07-22 (Stonařov)
- Died: 1946-10-16 (Nuremberg)
- Country of citizenship: Austria; Austria-Hungary; Nazi Germany
- Occupation: jurist; lawyer; politician
- Member of political party: Fatherland Front; Nazi Party
- Member of: Schutzstaffel
- Position held: Federal Chancellor of Austria (period: 1938-03-11 through 1938-03-13; replaced by: Anschluss; replaces: Kurt Schuschnigg); Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs (period: 1945-04-30 through 1945-05-02; replaced by: Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk; replaces: Joachim von Ribbentrop); Reichskommissar; member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany
- Employer: Austrian Federal Government; Reichskommissariat Niederlande
Date: 23 October 1938
Defendant: Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Total Pages: 1
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-3448
HLSL Item No.: 453276
Notes:For the reply by Lammers, see PS 3447; for the decree, see PS 3450. Another copy of PS 3448 was entered as US exhibit 886 on 12 June 1946.
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Document Summary
PS-3448: Letter from Seyss-inquart to Lammers, 24 October 1938. requesting the promulgation of a law for the confiscation of property belonging to enemies of the state