Karl Ritter
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Karl Ritter (June 5, 1883, Dörflas[1], Marktredwitz – July 31, 1968, Murnau on Lake Staffel) was a German diplomat, ambassador to Brazil, a member of the Nazi Party, Special Envoy to the Munich Agreement, a senior official in the Foreign Office during World War II, and convicted war criminal in the Ministries Trial.
[edit] Life
Karl Ritter was a graduate in law, and was appointed to the Bavarian Civil Service, after his graduation. He was transferred to a few different services, until he settled in the German Foreign Ministry in 1922.
For two years (beginning 1937) he was minister and then Ambassador to Rio De Janeiro. In Rio, he joined the Nazi Party. When World War II began, Ritter was responsible to overseeing the economic war, with the rank of Ambassador, Special Duty. Ritter was the manager of the American agent Fritz Kolbe, which smuggled classified documents from the Foreign Ministry to the American Legation in Bern, Switzerland, headed by Alan Dulles.
[edit] Ministries Trial
At the war's end Ritter was arrested. At the Ministries Trial he was sentenced to four years in prison, including time served; he was released a month after sentencing.
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