Word: seyss
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Linz had hurried from Vienna the Nazi Arthur Seyss-Inquart whom Hitler by ultimatum had forced in last week as Chancellor of Austria (see p. 19). This stooge came only to hand over his country to the German Dictator, did so by officially declaring: "From today the Austrian people consider null and void Paragraph 88 of the Treaty of St. Germain which proclaims Austria's independence...
Adolf Hitler, to everyone's surprise, was still at Linz, seemed in no hurry to enter Vienna. "Perhaps Der Führer is embarrassed by the fact that Miklas is still President," came as an electric suggestion, and Chancellor Seyss-Inquart promptly announced: "President Miklas has laid down his functions at the request of the Federal Chancellor." Hitler at Linz decreed himself Chief of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, and to the question "Does the Austrian Government exist or not?" a new official press spokesman (see p. 19) answered in Vienna: "I really...
...best he could for Austria's rights, was obliged to accept, and later carried out to the letter, a hard bargain which nonetheless left Austria fully sovereign. Notably he was forced to take into the Austrian Cabinet as Minister of Interior an Austrian Nazi, Dr. Arthur Seyss-Inquart...
Meantime intrepid Herr Schuschnigg himself presided at a conference of Austrian police authorities. Present was Interior Minister Dr. Arthur Seyss-Inquart, the only Nazi yet forced by the Führer into the Austrian Cabinet. Silent, embarrassed, sat Dr. Seyss-Inquart as Chancellor Schuschnigg ordered the police of Austria to continue the bans against: shouting "Heil Hitler!," appearing in brownshirt Nazi uniform, or holding any sort of political meeting in Austria except those of his Fatherland Front (to which Nazis are now admitted...
Besides sending troops to suppress Nazi agitation in Graz and Linz, there were rumors in Vienna that Chancellor Schuschnigg had hidden troops in all parts of the capital to prepare for an uprising. Meantime he was reported to have ordered Nazi Seyss-Inquart to go to Graz and quiet the Nazis or be dismissed for inefficiency as Minister of Interior...