Edmund Veesenmayer

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Edmund Veesenmayer (1904-1977) was a German politician, officer (SS-Brigadeführer) and war criminal. Significantly contributed to The Holocaust in Hungary and Croatia. Subordinate of Ernst Kaltenbrunner and Joachim von Ribbentrop; collaborated with Adolf Eichmann.

In the Ministries Trial in 1949 received the sentence of 20 years' imprisonment; reduced to 10 years in 1951 and released the same year.