Full Name: Ulrich Friedrich Wilhelm Joachim von Ribbentrop
Profession: Foreign Minister of the German Reich
Biography: Foreign Minister of the German Reich from 1938 until 1945.
Ribbentrop became a close confidant of Hitler, and was tried, convicted, and hanged at the Nuremberg Trials for war crimes.
Born: April 30, 1893
Birthplace: Wesel, Rhine Province, German Empire
Generation: Lost Generation
Star Sign: Taurus
Died: October 16, 1946 (aged 53)
Cause of Death: Executed by hanging
Articles and Photos
Nuremberg War Trials Bring Nazis to Justice
The Trial of Major War Criminals began on this day, the first of a five-year series of hearings at Nuremberg where WW2 Nazis were held to account.
November 20, 1945
Nuremberg Trials
Hermann Goering on trial at the Nuremberg Trials. He would later be sentenced to death, but committed suicide the night before his sentence was to be carried out.
September 30, 1946
Historical Events
- 1934-04-18 Adolf Hitler names Joachim von Ribbentrop ambassador for disarmament
- 1938-12-06 French-German friendship treaty drawn up (Ribbentrop-Bonnet Pact)
- 1939-08-23 Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree to the Molotov-Ribbentrop non-aggression pact and secretly divide Poland between themselves, setting the stage for World War II
- 1939-09-28 German–Soviet Boundary and Friendship Treaty is signed by Joachim von Ribbentrop and Vyacheslav Molotov; redraws German and Soviet spheres of influence in central Europe and transfers most of Lithuania to the USSR
- 1946-09-30 Twenty-two Nazi leaders, including Joachim von Ribbentrop and Hermann Goering, are found guilty of war crimes and sentenced to death or prison at the Nuremberg war trials
- 1946-10-16 10 Nazi leaders are hanged as war criminals after Nuremberg war trials, including Wilhelm Keitel, Joachim von Ribbentrop and Alfred Jodl
Personal Life
- 1920-07-05 Foreign Minister of the German Reich Joachim von Ribbentrop (27) weds Anna Elisabeth Henkell
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