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Otto Abetz

1903 - 1958

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Otto Friedrich Abetz (26 March 1903 – 5 May 1958) was a German diplomat, a Nazi official and a convicted war criminal during World War II. Abetz joined the Nazi Party and the SA in the early 1930s later becoming a member of the SS. Abetz played a significant role in strengthening ties between Nazi Germany and Vichy France during World War II. In 1940, after the German occupation of France, he was appointed German ambassador to France. Abetz played a significant role in strengthening ties between Nazi Germany and the collaborationist Vichy government. Abetz played a significant role in facilitating the persecution and deportation of Jews by the Nazi regime from France during the Holocaust. After Germany's defeat in 1945, Abetz was captured and later stood trial at the Nuremberg Trials. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otto Abetz is the 6,981st most popular politician (down from 6,264th in 2019), the 1,906th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,719th in 2019) and the 556th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Otto Abetz ranks 6,981 out of 19,576. Before him are Mohammed ben Abdallah, Roger Borsa, Barbara of Brandenburg, Prince Henry of Prussia, Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken, and Hugh III of Cyprus. After him are Nicéphore Soglo, Virgilio Barco Vargas, Ebroin, Ivan Stambolić, Vlad Călugărul, and Prince Adalbert of Prussia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Otto Abetz ranks 93. Before him are Fritz Bauer, Bob Hope, Henry Corbin, Charlotte Perriand, Nico Diederichs, and Werner Ostendorff. After him are Silvina Ocampo, Karl Eberhard Schöngarth, Nikos Zachariadis, Victor Brauner, Elisha Cook Jr., and Arpad Elo. Among people deceased in 1958, Otto Abetz ranks 45. Before him are Henri Farman, Wilhelm Zaisser, Duncan Edwards, Prince Oskar of Prussia, Princess Louise of Orléans, and Johnston McCulley. After him are Infanta Eulalia of Spain, Florent Schmitt, Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, Christabel Pankhurst, Luigi Musso, and Johannes R. Becher.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Otto Abetz ranks 1,906 out of 7,253. Before him are Ralf Schumacher (1975), Kurt Gerron (1897), Andreas Karlstadt (1486), Johann Gottfried Walther (1684), Barbara of Brandenburg (1464), and Prince Henry of Prussia (1726). After him are Hans Hermann von Katte (1704), Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884), Eilhard Mitscherlich (1794), Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis (1706), Wolf Biermann (1936), and Max Immelmann (1890).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Otto Abetz ranks 556. Before him are Princess Mathilde of Bavaria (1877), Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels (1648), Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1764), Johannes Steinhoff (1913), Barbara of Brandenburg (1464), and Prince Henry of Prussia (1726). After him are Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884), Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis (1706), Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1664), Princess Louise Amelie of Baden (1811), Fritz Thyssen (1873), and Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria (1654).

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