Gustav Adolf Steengracht von Moyland
Gustav Adolf Steengracht von Moyland (15 November 1902 – 7 July 1969) was a German diplomat and politician of Dutch descent, who served as Nazi Germany's Secretary of State at the Foreign Office from 1943 to 1945.
Gustav Adolf Steengracht von Moyland | |
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| Secretary of State at the Foreign Office Germany | |
| In office 1943–1945 | |
| Preceded by | Ernst von Weizsäcker |
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| Born | 15 November 1902 |
| Died | 7 July 1969 (aged 66) |
| Nationality | German |
Early life
He was born near Kleve, the son of Nicolaas Adriaan Steengracht van Moyland, a Dutch nobleman who received the title of Baron in 1888. Shortly after his birth, Moyland was made a naturalized citizen of Prussia and the German Empire in 1902.
Third Reich
He studied to become a lawyer. In 1935 Moyland became an assistant to Joachim von Ribbentrop, Nazi Germany's foreign minister.
War crimes
After the war he was arrested as a war criminal. In 1949 he was tried by the Americans at Nuremberg and sentenced to 7 years in prison. However, in 1949, his sentence was reduced to 5 years, and he was released from prison in 1950.
He spent the remainder of his life at his family castle, Schloss Moyland.