Otto Abetz
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Otto Abetz (May 26, 1903 - May 5, 1958) was the German ambassador to France during World War II. Abetz was born in Schwetzingen. Originally a teacher, he joined the Nazi party in 1931 and entered the German foreign service in 1935. He represented Germany in France in 1938 and 1939 and was deported after the declaration of war between these countries. Following the armistice between France and Germany, he was again sent to France in July 8, 1940. He was named as German ambassador in November 1940 and held this post until 1944. In July 1949 a French court sentenced Abetz to twenty years' imprisonment for war crimes, particulary his role in arranging the deportation of French Jews to the death camps, but he was released in April 1954. Abetz died in 1958 in a auto accident. There was speculation that the accident might have been arranged as revenge for Abetz' wartime activities.
Abetz, Otto
SS-Brigadeführer
Born: 26.03.1903 in Schwetzingen / Mannheim.
Died: 05.05.1958 near Langenfeld bei Dortmund (in a one-car accident on the Köln-Ruhr Autobahn [allegedly engineered by a Jewish “vengeance squad”]).
NSDAP-Nr.: 7 011 453 (Joined 00.00.1938 with effect from 01.05.1937)
SS-Nr.: 253 314 (Joined 01.08.1935)
Promotions:
31.07.1934 HJ-Unterbannführer
01.08.1935 SS-Mann
01.08.1935 SS-Oberscharführer
13.09.1936 SS-Untersturmführer
20.04.1938 SS-Obersturmführer
21.12.1938 SS-Hauptsturmführer
30.01.1939 SS-Sturmbannführer
20.04.1939 SS-Obersturmbannführer
06.04.1940 Gesandter (as title of office held, not as a rank)
05.08.1940 Botschafter
09.11.1940 SS-Standartenführer
30.01.1941 SS-Oberführer
30.01.1941 HJ-Gebietsführer (mit Wirkung vom 04.08.1940)
30.01.1942 SS-Brigadeführer
Decorations & Awards:
00.00.194_ Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse ohne Schwerter
00.00.194_ Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse ohne Schwerter
00.00.19__ Spange “Prager Burg” zur Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
00.00.19__ Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
00.00.19__ Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13. März 1938
ca. 1936 Deutsches Olympia-Ehrenzeichen I. Klasse
[30.01.1942] Ehrendegen des Reichsführers-SS
00.00.194_ Totenkopfring der SS
00.00.19__ SS-Zivilabzeichen (Nr. 138 594)
00.00.19__ Julleuchter der SS
00.00.19__ Order of Mauritius 1st Class (Italy)
00.00.19__ Grand Cross of Isabella (Spain)
00.00.19__ Order of the Holy Treasure 1st Class (Japan)
Source:
The SS-Brigadeführer, 1933 - 1945, by Michael D. Miller & Andreas Schulz
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