Edmund Veesenmayer
German Holocaust perpetrator (1904–1977) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Edmund Veesenmayer (12 November 1904 – 24 December 1977) was a high-ranking German SS functionary and Holocaust perpetrator during the Nazi era. He significantly contributed to the Holocaust in Hungary and in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH). Veesenmayer was a subordinate of Ernst Kaltenbrunner and Joachim von Ribbentrop, and worked with Adolf Eichmann.[1] He was involved in dismembering Czecho-Slovakia in 1939,[2] in the establishment of the Ustaše-run NDH puppet state following the April 1941 German invasion of Yugoslavia, and in the selection and installation of the 1941–1944 puppet regime of Milan Nedić in the German-occupied territory of Serbia.[3] After World War II Veesenmayer was tried and convicted at the Ministries Trial; in 1949 he was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment, but was released after serving two years.
Edmund Veesenmayer | |
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Born | (1904-11-12)12 November 1904 |
Died | 24 December 1977(1977-12-24) (aged 73) |
Known for | His complicity in the mass deportations of approximately 300,000 Hungarian Jews |
Political party | Nazi Party |
Criminal status | Deceased |
Conviction(s) | War crimes Crimes against humanity Membership in a criminal organization |
Trial | Ministries Trial |
Criminal penalty | 20 years imprisonment; commuted to 10 years imprisonment |
SS career | |
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Service/ | Schutzstaffel |
Rank | SS-Brigadeführer |