Edmund Veesenmayer
Edmund Veesenmayer (12 November 1904 – 24 December 1977) was a high-ranking German SS functionary and Holocaust perpetrator during the Nazi era. He significantly contributed to the Holocaust in Hungary and in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH). Veesenmayer was a subordinate of Ernst Kaltenbrunner and Joachim von Ribbentrop, and worked with Adolf Eichmann. He was involved in dismembering Czecho-Slovakia in 1939, in the establishment of the Ustaše-run NDH puppet state following the April 1941 German invasion of Yugoslavia, and in the selection and installation of the 1941–1944 puppet regime of Milan Nedić in the German-occupied territory of Serbia. After World War II Veesenmayer was tried and convicted at the Ministries Trial; in 1949 he was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment, but was released after serving two years.
Edmund Veesenmayer | |
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Veesenmayer in 1938 | |
| Born | 12 November 1904 |
| Died | 24 December 1977 (aged 73) |
| Known for | His complicity in the mass deportations of approximately 300,000 Hungarian Jews |
| Political party | Nazi Party |
| Criminal status | Deceased |
| Conviction(s) | War crimes Crimes against humanity Membership in a criminal organization |
| Trial | Ministries Trial |
| Criminal penalty | 20 years imprisonment; commuted to 10 years imprisonment |
| SS career | |
| Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
| Service/ | Schutzstaffel |
| Rank | SS-Brigadeführer |