The Defendant SEYSS-INQUART between 1932 and 1945 was: A member of the
Nazi Party, a General in the SS, State Councillor of Austria, Minister
of the Interior and Security of Austria, Chancellor of Austria, a member
of the Reichstag, a member of the Reich Cabinet, Reich Minister without
Portfolio, Chief of the Civil Administration in South Poland, Deputy
Governor-General of the Polish Occupied Territory, and Reich Commissar
for the Occupied Netherlands. The Defendant SEYSS-INQUART used the
foregoing positions and his personal influence in such a manner that: He
promoted the seizure and the consolidation of control over Austria by
the Nazi conspirators set forth in Count One of the Indictment; he
participated in the political planning and preparation of the Nazi
conspirators for Wars of Aggression and Wars in Violation of
International Treaties, Agreements, and Assurances set forth in Counts
One and Two of the Indictment; and he authorized, directed, and
participated in the War Crimes set forth in Count Three of the
Indictment and the Crimes against Humanity set forth in Count Four of
the Indictment, including a wide variety of crimes against persons and
property.