Dietrich Wilhelm Bernhard von Jagow | |
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German Ambassador to Hungary | |
In office 29 June 1941 – 19 March 1944 | |
Preceded by | Otto von Erdmannsdorff |
Succeeded by | Edmund Veesenmayer |
Additional positions | |
1932–1945 | Reichstag member |
1933–1945 | Prussian State Council member |
1934–1945 | Brandenburg Provincial Councilor |
1935–1945 | Berlin City Councilor |
Personal details | |
Born | Frankfurt an der Oder, Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire | 29 February 1892
Died | 26 April 1945 Meran, Operational Zone of the Alpine Foothills, Italian Social Republic | (aged 53)
Cause of death | Suicide |
Nationality | German |
Occupation | Naval officer Diplomat |
Known for | Advancing the Holocaust in Hungary |
Civilian awards | Golden Party Badge |
Military service | |
Allegiance | German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany |
Branch/service | Imperial German Navy Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine |
Years of service | 1912–1920 1933–1941 |
Rank | Oberleutnant zur See Korvettenkapitän |
Commands | 18th Flotilla |
Battles/wars | World War I Kapp Putsch Silesian Uprisings World War II |
Military awards | Iron Cross, 1st and 2nd class Clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st and 2nd class |
Dietrich Wilhelm Bernhard von Jagow (29 February 1892 – 26 April 1945) was a German naval officer, politician, SA-Obergruppenführer and diplomat. He served as the German ambassador to Hungary from 1941 to 1944, and died by suicide just before the end of the Second World War in Europe.