Ernst Achenbach

Ernst Achenbach
Member of the Bundestag
In office 15 October 1957 – 13 December 1976
Personal details
Born	9 April 1909 Siegen, Westphalia, German Empire
Died	2 December 1991 (aged 82) Essen, Germany
Nationality	German

Ernst Achenbach (9 April 1909 – 2 December 1991) was a German lawyer, diplomat and politician of the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP), who served as a member of the Bundestag (1957–1976), as a Member of the European Parliament (1964–1977), as Vice Chairman of FDP (1971–1972) and as Vice President of the Liberal group in the European Parliament.

Achenbach was a member of the Nazi Party prior to 1945 and served in the German Embassy in Paris during World War II, where he was responsible for rounding up 2,000 Jews as hostages.^[1]