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