Ribbentrop

American  

[rib-uhn-trawp] / ˈrɪb ənˌtrɔp /

noun

1. Joachim von 1893–1946, German leader in the Nazi party: minister of foreign affairs 1938–45; executed for war crimes.

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Ribbentrop British  

/ ˈrɪbəntrɔp /

noun

1. Joachim von (ˈjoːaxɪm fɔn). 1893–1946, German Nazi politician: foreign minister under Hitler (1938–45). He was hanged after conviction as a war criminal at Nuremberg

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Ribbentrop

The pope personally repeated this message to Joachim von Ribbentrop, the Nazi foreign minister, soon after the defeat of Poland and the closing of churches and convents there.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2022

The Newsreel Theatre is a much bigger part of the show than it is the novel—I think it’s mentioned for the first time when Philip goes to see the von Ribbentrop newsreel.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2020

Herr von Ribbentrop, the German Foreign Minister, lost no time in getting down to business on his first day in Moscow.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 24, 2019

Hitler was in a deeper “Führerbunker,” and most of his inner circle — Goebbels, Göring, Himmler, Ribbentrop, Bormann and Speer — joined him there for a bitter farewell.

From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2017

As things turned out, that particular visit was simply the first of a whole series of such 'unofficial' meetings between Lord Halifax and the German Ambassador of that time, Herr Ribbentrop.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

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