Otto Abetz

Otto Abetz
Otto Abetz
Born	26 March 1903 (1903-03-26) Schwetzingen, Baden, German Empire
Died	5 May 1958(1958-05-05) (aged 55) Düsseldorf, West Germany
Occupations	German Ambassador to France (1940–1944)
Criminal status	Deceased
Conviction(s)	Crimes against humanity
Criminal penalty	20 years imprisonment
SS service
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Schutzstaffel
Rank	SS-Brigadeführer

Otto Friedrich Abetz^[1] (26 March 1903 – 5 May 1958) was a German diplomat, a Nazi official and a convicted war criminal during World War II.

Abetz joined the Nazi Party and the SA in the early 1930s later becoming a member of the SS. Abetz played a significant role in strengthening ties between Nazi Germany and Vichy France during World War II. In 1940, after the German occupation of France, he was appointed German ambassador to France. Abetz played a significant role in strengthening ties between Nazi Germany and the collaborationist Vichy government.

Abetz played a significant role in facilitating the persecution and deportation of Jews by the Nazi regime from France during the Holocaust. After Germany's defeat in 1945, Abetz was captured and later stood trial at the Nuremberg Trials. He was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity, and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. He was released in 1954 for health reasons and died in a car crash in 1958.