Arno Schickedanz
German politician, journalist and diplomat (1892-1945) · Germany · On the map · Politicians · Died at 52
Arno Schickedanz was a German diplomat who held paramount positions in both the NSDAP Office of Foreign Affairs (APA) and the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories (RMfdbO) of Nazi Germany.
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Both ministries he held positions in were under the command of Alfred Rosenberg, a friend since childhood and a leading Nazi theorist and ideologue. Schickedanz was a vehement antisemite, and his positions within Rosenberg's ministries often involved antisemitic programming. In particular, Schickedanz was a central figure in the expansion of the Foreign Policy Office. He was the proposed ruler of the Reichskommissariat Kaukasien; however, this territorial entity never came into existence. Schickedanz died of suicide on 12 April 1945.
