Veesenmayer, Edmund, Dr.
- Date of birth:
- November 12th, 1904 (Bad Kissingen/Bavaria, Germany)
- Date of death:
- December 24th, 1977 (Darmstadt/Hesse, Germany)
- Service number:
- NSDAP Nr. 873.780 // SS-Nr. 202.122
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Promotions:
13.09.1936: SS-Untersturmführer
30.06.1937: SS-Obersturmführer
09.11.1937: SS-Hauptsturmführer
12.03.1938: SS-Standartenführer
22.01.1942: SS-Oberführer
15.03.1944: SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen SS
15.03.1944: Gesandter I. Klasse und Bevollmächtigter des Großdeutschen Reichs
Career:
01.02.1932: entered the NSDAP
01.06.1934: entered the SS
00.03.1944-00.11.1944: Reich Plenipotentiary to Hungary
09.11.1944: Stab RF SS
02.04.1949: tried by U.S. Military Tribunal, Nürnberg ("Wilhelmstraße" Case) and sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment
00.01.1951: sentence commuted to 10 years' imprisonment
16.12.1951: released from U.S. War Criminals Prison No. 1 at Landsberg / Bayern
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Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes mit Schwertern
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- Gesandter SS-Brigadeführer
- Awarded on:
- October 25th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Danziger Kreuz II.Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1939
Sources
- - Axis History Biographical Research via Axis History Forum
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