Rudolf Rahn | |
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German Plenipotentiary of Italy | |
In office 23 September 1943 – 25 April 1945 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | 16 March 1900 Ulm, Württemberg, German Empire |
Died | 7 January 1975 Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Federal Republic of Germany | (aged 74)
Nationality | German |
Political party | NSDAP |
Rudolf Rahn (16 March 1900 – 7 January 1975) was a German diplomat who served the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany. As a member of the Party, and as Plenipotentiary of the Italian Social Republic in the closing stages of the Second World War, he was arrested and held at Nuremberg as a potential war criminal, but he was released in 1949 and deemed to be denazified in Class V (exonerated).