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Summary of a meeting of Ribbentrop and Beck (Polish foreign minister) on German-Polish relations, including tension about Danzig, the treatment of Germans in Poland, and the prospect of a German-Polish treaty
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Joachim Ribbentrop, von (Minister for Foreign Affairs (1938-45))
Joachim von Ribbentrop
German Foreign Minister of Nazi Germany (1893–1946)
- Born: 1893-04-30 (Wesel)
- Died: 1946-10-16 (Nuremberg)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: diplomat; politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Member of: Schutzstaffel; Travellers Club
- Participant in: International Military Tribunal (role: defendant)
- Military rank: Oberleutnant
Jozef Beck (Polish foreign minister (1932-39))
Jozef Beck
Polish diplomat and military officer (1894-1944)
- Born: 1894-10-04 (Warsaw)
- Died: 1944-06-05 (Stănești)
- Country of citizenship: Russian Empire; Second Polish Republic
- Occupation: diplomat; military personnel; politician
- Member of political party: Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government
- Military rank: colonel
- Military branch: Artillery of Second Polish Republic
- Position held: Minister of Foreign Affairs
White Book [or Paper] 2, Documents on the history preceding the war
Date: 09 January 1939
Literal Title: Copy from the White-Paper No. 2: Documents on the Events preceding the outbreak of War . . . Conversation Between the German Foreign Minister and M. Beck, Polish Foreign Minister, Munich, January 6, 1939. Memorandum.
Defendant: Joachim Ribbentrop, von
Total Pages: 2
Language of Text: English
Exhibit Code: Ribbentrop 150
Document Book No: Ribbentrop 5
Defense Document No.: Ribbentrop 150
HLSL Item No.: 454123
Notes:The memorandum was prepared by Ribbentrop.
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