Fritz Schmidt (Generalkommissar)

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Fritz Schmidt 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 on June 26, 1943, after he "fell, jumped, or was pushed out, of a train" ^[1] and was succeeded by Wilhelm Ritterbusch. Schmidt was born in Westphalia.^[2]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Jacob Press, Ashes in the Wind: The Destruction of Dutch Jewry (Wayne State University Press, 1968)
↑ 2.0 2.1 Werner Warmbrunn (1963). The Dutch under German occupation, 1940-1945. Stanford University Press. pp. 32–33. Retrieved 15 September 2010.

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Name	Schmidt, Fritz
Alternative names
Short description	Dutch collaborator with Nazi Germany
Date of birth	1903
Place of birth
Date of death	1943
Place of death

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