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
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
Source: Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression Volume IV Office of the United States Chief Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality Washington, DC : United States Government Printing Office, 1946 |