Biography
Ulrich Friedrich-Wilhelm Joachim von Ribbentrop (German: [joˈʔaxɪm fɔn ˈʁɪbəntʁɔp]; 30 April 1893 – 16 October 1946) was a German politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nazi Germany from 1938 to 1945.
Ribbentrop first came to Adolf Hitler's notice as a well-travelled businessman with more knowledge of the outside world than most senior Nazis and as a perceived authority on foreign affairs. He offered his house Schloss Fuschl for the secret meetings in January 1933 that resulted in Hitler's appointment as Chancellor of Germany. He became a close confidant of Hitler, to the disgust of some party members, who thought him superficial and lacking in talent. He was appointed ambassador to the Court of St James's, the royal court of the United Kingdom, in 1936 and then Foreign Minister of Germany in February 1938.
Before World War II, he played a key role in brokering the Pact of Steel (an alliance with Fascist Italy) and the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (the Nazi–Soviet non-aggression pact). He favoured retaining good relations with the Soviets, and opposed the invasion of the Soviet Union. In late 1941, due to American aid to Britain and the increasingly frequent "incidents" in the North Atlantic between U-boats and American warships guarding convoys to Britain, Ribbentrop worked for the failure of the Japanese-American talks in Washington and for Japan to attack the United States. He did his utmost to support a declaration of war on the United States after the attack on Pearl Harbor. From 1941 onwards, Ribbentrop's influence declined.
Arrested in June 1945, Ribbentrop was convicted and sentenced to death at the Nuremberg trials for his role in starting World War II in Europe and enabling the Holocaust. On 16 October 1946, he became the first of the Nuremberg defendants to be executed by hanging.
Filmography
all 15
self 14
Movies 11
TV Shows 4
Filmmakers for the Prosecution (2023)
Blood Money: Inside the Nazi Economy (2021)
Le procès d'Auschwitz, la fin du silence (2019)
The Hitler–Stalin Pact (2019)
Hitler's bodyguard (2010)
Hitler & Stalin: Portrait of Hostility (2009)
Stalin: Man of Steel (2003)
Faith of the Century: A History of Communism (1999)
A Web of War (1996)
Genocide (1982)
Hitler: A Career (1977)
Look at Life: Eagle's Nest (1962)
Das Dritte Reich (1960)
The Nazi Plan (1945)
Die Deutsche Wochenschau
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GenderMale
Birthday1893-04-30
Deathday1946-10-16 (53 years old)
Birth NameUlrich Friedrich Wilhelm Joachim Ribbentrop
Birth PlaceWesel, Germany
Religionapostasy in Catholicism
SpouseAnnelies von Ribbentrop
ChildrenBarthold von Ribbentrop, Ursula von Ribbentrop, Bettina von Ribbentrop, Adolf Richard von Ribbentrop, Rudolf von Ribbentrop
FatherRichard Ribbentrop
MotherJohanne Sophie Hertwig
CitizenshipsGermany
ResidencesGermany · Dahlem, Germany, Canada, Canada, Switzerland, Switzerland, England, United Kingdom
AwardsOrder of Isabella the Catholic, Imperial Order of the Yoke and Arrows, Golden Party Badge, Danzig Cross, Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, Order of the Most Holy Annunciation, Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary, Order of the German Eagle, National Order of Merit Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, Iron Cross 2nd Class, Knight grand cross of the order of the crown of Italy, Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
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