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margin: 20px" /> <ul> <li data-test="author-property"> <strong>Born:</strong> 1878-06-19 (Steglitz) </li> <li data-test="author-property"> <strong>Died:</strong> 1948-06-17 </li> <li data-test="author-property"> <strong>Country of citizenship:</strong> Germany </li> <li data-test="author-property"> <strong>Occupation:</strong> politician </li> <li data-test="author-property"> <strong>Member of political party:</strong> Nazi Party </li> <li data-test="author-property"> <strong>Member of:</strong> Sturmabteilung </li> <li data-test="author-property"> <strong>Position held:</strong> member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany </li> <li data-test="author-property"> <strong>VIAF ID:</strong> <a href="https://viaf.org/viaf/50336365" title="External link to VIAF ID">https://viaf.org/viaf/50336365</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="document-details-block"> <p class="date"><strong>Date:</strong> <a href="/search/?q=date:%2212+March+1947%22">12 March 1947</a> </p> <p><strong>Literal Title:</strong> Affidavit:</p> <p><strong>Defendant:</strong> <a href="/search/?q=defendant:%22Ernst+Leyser%2C+von%22" aria-label="search for defendant Ernst Leyser, von">Ernst Leyser, von</a> </p> <p> <strong>Total Pages:</strong> 3 </p> <p> <strong>Language of Text:</strong> English </p> <p> <strong>Evidence Code:</strong> <a href="/search/?q=evidence:%22NOKW-877%22">NOKW-877</a> </p> <p> <strong>Exhibit Code:</strong> <a href="/search/?q=exhibit:%22Prosecution+342%22+trial:%22nmt-7%22">Prosecution 342</a> </p> <p> <strong>Document Book No:</strong> Prosecution 14 </p> <p> <strong>Citation:</strong> <a href="/transcripts/4?page=1305">NMT 7 (page 1305)</a> </p> <p> <strong>HLSL Item No.:</strong> 150359 </p> </div> <!-- Trial Issues --> <div class="document-details-block"> <h2 class="h6">Trial Issue</h2> <p> <a class="tag-button" href="/search/?q=issue:%22Biographical+and+character+evidence+%28all+cases%29%22" title="Biographical and character evidence (all cases)">Biographical and character evidence (all cases)</a> </p> </div> <!-- Summary (taken from external sources) --> <div class="document-details-block"> <h2 class="h6">Document Summary</h2> <div class="summary"> <div class="accordion active" title="Harvard Law School Library Nuremberg Trials Archive, Nuremberg Tribunal Staff Evidence Analyses"> Staff Evidence Analyses </div> <div class="accordion-panel active"> <p> <a href="/search/?q=evidence:%22NOKW-877%22">NOKW-877</a>: Affidavit by Ernst Hans-Ulrich Leyser. 3 typewritten pages in German (English translation available) </p> </div> <div class="accordion " title="Harvard Law School Library Nuremberg Trials Archive, Prosecution and Defense Document Book Tables of Contents"> Doc Book Tables of Contents </div> <div class="accordion-panel "> <p> <a href="/search/?q=evidence:%22NOKW-877%22">NOKW-877</a>: 12 Mar 47 - Biographical affidavit of Gen. 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