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Otto Abetz

Nazi Germany's ambassador to Vichy France during World War II, convicted of war crimes (1903–1958)

  • Heinrich Otto Abetz
  • Otto Friedrich Abetz

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Abetz, Otto (Paris);1903—1958, 1934 Frankreich-Referent bei Baldur v. Schirach (1907–1974), 1935 Eintritt in die Dienststelle Ribbentrop, 1937 Mitglied der NSDAP, 1938 Hauptreferent West, 1940-44 deutscher Botschafter in Paris, wird mit den frühen Beschlagnahmungen jüdischer Kunstsammlungen in Frankreich in Verbindung gebracht, besonders des Sonderkommandos Künsberg;Qu.: ALIU, Final Report, 17 (German)
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His main responsibility was to make sure the French collaborated with the Nazis in furthering their antisemitic goals. He played a large part in the deportation of both foreign Jewish refugees and French-born Jews, particularly after Germany occupied southern France in the fall of 1942. After the war Abetz was tried for war crimes and sentenced to 20 years doing hard labor. He served just five years. (English)
Otto Abetz
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