Word: seyss
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...dress, so he went to the gallows coatless. He cried: "I am dying innocent. . . . I pay my respects to U.S. soldiers and officers, but not to U.S. justice." (Conflicting versions claimed that he did not mention "U.S. justice but "U.S. Jews.") Then Colonel General Alfred Jodl. Then, finally, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, who limped as he mounted the steps. He said, "I hope this execution is the last act in the tragedy of World War II. . . ." It was 2:57 when he was pronounced dead. Said Woods: "Ten men in 103 minutes. That's fast work." He added that...
...Arthur Seyss-lnquart, Austria's Quisling and Nazi Governor General of The Netherlands...
...clock. Göring (to Germany's special envoy Wilhelm Keppler in Vienna, after Schuschnigg had finally resigned): "The following telegram should be sent here by Seyss-Inquart. Take notes: 'The [new] Austrian Government . . . considers it its duty to establish peace and order. . . . For this purpose it asks the German Government to send German troops...
...Ribbentrop, he said next day: "Seyss-Inquart asked us expressly, by phone as well as by telegram, to send troops. . . . The weather is wonderful here. A blue sky. I am sitting on my balcony. . . . The birds are twittering...
...ring's ample belly shook with laughter as the testimony recalled the scenes. Most of the other defendants joined in. But Austrian Seyss-Inquart looked pained...