Karl Ritter (diplomat)

This article is about the diplomat. For the geographer, see Carl Ritter. For the film director and producer, see Karl Ritter (director).
Karl Ritter

Karl Ritter (5 June 1883, Dörflas, Marktredwitz – 31 July 1968, Murnau am Staffelsee) was a German diplomat during the Third Reich and was convicted as a war criminal in the Ministries Trial. A member of the Nazi Party, he was ambassador to Brazil for two years, Special Envoy to the Munich Agreement, and a senior official in the Foreign Office during World War II.