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Gustav Adolf Steengracht von Moyland

Gustav Adolf Steengracht von Moyland

German diplomat and politician

Gustav Adolf Steengracht von Moyland (15 November 1902 – 7 July 1969) was a German diplomat and politician of Dutch descent, who served as Nazi Germany's Secretary of State at the Foreign Office from 1943 to 1945.

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Early life

Moyland was born near Kleve, the son of Nicolaas Adriaan Steengracht van Moyland, a Dutch nobleman who received the title of Baron in 1888. Shortly after his birth, Moyland was made a naturalized citizen of Prussia and the German Empire in 1902.

Third Reich

He studied to become a lawyer. In 1935 Moyland became an assistant to Joachim von Ribbentrop, Nazi Germany's foreign minister.

War crimes

After the war, Moyland was arrested as a war criminal. In 1949 he was tried by the Americans at Nuremberg and sentenced to 7 years in prison. However, in 1949, his sentence was reduced to 5 years after one of his convictions was overturned. Moyland was released from prison in 1950. He spent the remainder of his life at his family castle, Schloss Moyland.
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