Dietrich von Jagow

Dietrich Wilhelm Bernhard von Jagow
Jagow in December 1941
German Ambassador to Hungary
In office
29 June 1941 – 19 March 1944
Preceded byOtto von Erdmannsdorff
Succeeded byEdmund Veesenmayer
Additional positions
1932–1945Reichstag member
1933–1945Prussian State Council member
1934–1945Brandenburg Provincial Councilor
1935–1945Berlin City Councilor
Personal details
Born(1892-02-29)29 February 1892
Frankfurt an der Oder, Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died26 April 1945(1945-04-26) (aged 53)
Meran, Operational Zone of the Alpine Foothills, Italian Social Republic
Cause of deathSuicide
NationalityGerman
OccupationNaval officer
Diplomat
Known forAdvancing the Holocaust in Hungary
Civilian awardsGolden Party Badge
Military service
Allegiance German Empire
 Weimar Republic
 Nazi Germany
Branch/service Imperial German Navy
 Reichsmarine
 Kriegsmarine
Years of service1912–1920
1933–1941
RankOberleutnant zur See
Korvettenkapitän
Commands18th Flotilla
Battles/warsWorld War I
Kapp Putsch
Silesian Uprisings
World War II
Military awardsIron 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.