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Ernst von Weizsäcker

German diplomat in the Nazi regime and convicted war criminal (1882-1951) · Germany · Politicians · Died at 69

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Ernst Heinrich Freiherr von Weizsäcker was a German naval officer, diplomat and politician. He served as State Secretary at the Foreign Office of Nazi Germany from 1938 to 1943, and as its Ambassador to the Holy See from 1943 to 1945.

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Order of the Red Eagle 4th Class
Friedrich Order
Iron Cross
Order of the German Eagle

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Ernst Heinrich Freiherr von Weizsäcker was a German naval officer, diplomat and politician. He served as State Secretary at the Foreign Office of Nazi Germany from 1938 to 1943, and as its Ambassador to the Holy See from 1943 to 1945. He was a member of the prominent Weizsäcker family, and the father of German President Richard von Weizsäcker and physicist and philosopher Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker.

Country
Germany
Category
Politicians
Type
Public Official
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1882 to 1951 · aged 69

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