![Joachim von Ribbentrop (Foreign Minister of Germany from 1938 to 1945) speaks with his lawyer, Dr. [LCID: 08527]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/e3490e6c-858b-468e-a42a-8f08076a972f.jpg)
Joachim von Ribbentrop (Foreign Minister of Germany from 1938 to 1945) speaks with his lawyer, Dr. Fritz Sauter, on November 26, 1945. Ribbentrop was tried at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany, and found guilty of conspiracy, crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. He was hanged on October 16, 1946. .
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