Ribbentrop


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Rib·ben·trop

 (rĭb′ən-trŏp′, -trôp′), Joachim von 1893-1946.
German diplomat who as minister of foreign affairs (1938-1945) helped negotiate the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact of 1939. He was convicted of war crimes at Nuremberg and hanged.
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Ribbentrop

(German ˈrɪbəntrɔp)
n
(Biography) Joachim von (ˈjoːaxɪm fɔn). 1893–1946, German Nazi politician: foreign minister under Hitler (1938–45). He was hanged after conviction as a war criminal at Nuremberg
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1945: The Nuremberg War Crimes trial of Nazis, including Hermann Goering, Rudolf Hess, and Joachim von Ribbentrop, began.
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His Excellency The Honorable Ambassador Franz von Papen In deepest dedication On nth November 1940 Given by Joachim von Ribbentrop Foreign Minister of the German Reich.
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