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He is regarded as a compromiser and promoted the interests of [[Anton Mussert]] and the [[Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging]] (NSB).<ref name="Warmbrunn">{{Cite book|title=The Dutch under German occupation, 1940-1945|year=1963|publisher=Stanford University Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ykWfAAAAIAAJ|author=Werner Warmbrunn|accessdate=15 September 2010|pages=32–33}}</ref>
He is regarded as a compromiser and promoted the interests of [[Anton Mussert]] and the [[Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging]] (NSB).<ref name="Warmbrunn">{{Cite book|title=The Dutch under German occupation, 1940-1945|year=1963|publisher=Stanford University Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ykWfAAAAIAAJ|author=Werner Warmbrunn|accessdate=15 September 2010|pages=32–33}}</ref>


Schmidt died on 26 June 1943, after he "fell, jumped, or was pushed out, of a train" <ref name=Press/> and was succeeded by [[Wilhelm Ritterbusch]].<ref name="Warmbrunn"/>
Schmidt died at the age of 39 on 26 June 1943, after he "fell, jumped, or was pushed, out of a train" <ref name=Press/> and was succeeded by [[Wilhelm Ritterbusch]].<ref name="Warmbrunn"/>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 12:53, 6 December 2021

Arthur Seyß-Inquart & Fritz Schmidt (1941)

Fritz Schmidt (19 November 1903 in Eisbergen, nowadays part of Porta Westfalica, Westphalia – 20 June 1943 in Chartres) was the German Commissioner-General for Political Affairs and Propaganda in the occupied Netherlands between 1940 and 1943, one of four assistants to the Governor-General, Arthur Seyss-Inquart. [1]

He is regarded as a compromiser and promoted the interests of Anton Mussert and the Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging (NSB).[2]

Schmidt died at the age of 39 on 26 June 1943, after he "fell, jumped, or was pushed, out of a train" [1] and was succeeded by Wilhelm Ritterbusch.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Jacob Presser, Ashes in the Wind: The Destruction of Dutch Jewry (Wayne State University Press, 1968)
  2. ^ a b Werner Warmbrunn (1963). The Dutch under German occupation, 1940-1945. Stanford University Press. pp. 32–33. Retrieved 15 September 2010.