Arthur Seyß-Inquart nació el 22 de julio de 1892 en Stannern, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [ahora Stonarov, Czech Republic]. Estuvo casado con Gertrud Maschka. Murió el 16 de octubre de 1946 en Alemania.
[his last words] I hope that this execution is the last act of the tragedy of the Second World War and that the lesson taken from this world war will be that peace and understanding should exist between peoples. I believe in Germany.