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Joachim Von Ribbentrop

4/30/1893 - 10/16/1946
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Last Words

"God protect Germany. God have mercy on my soul. My final wish is that Germany should recover her unity and that, for the sake of peace, there should be understanding between East and West. I wish peace to the world."

Death & Legacy

Joachim von Ribbentrop, the Nazi Foreign Minister, and nine others condemned with him at the Nuremberg trials were hanged this morning. Ribbentrop was the first to die, at 1:11 A.M. He was followed at about fifteen-minute intervals by the others.

Read full obituary from The New York Times

Details

Cause of Death
Execution by hanging
Age at Death
56 years
Funeral Location
Berlin, Germany
Final Resting Place
Berlin-Friedrichshagen forest cemetery, Berlin, Germany