17 Facts About Franz Rademacher

Franz Rademacher was a German lawyer and diplomat.

Franz Rademacher studied law in Rostock and Munich and entered the profession as a jurist in April 1932.

Franz Rademacher held membership in the Sturmabteilung between 1932 and 1934.

Franz Rademacher clashed briefly with Adolf Eichmann over organizational control of the plan, which would shortly be abandoned because of Germany's changing fortunes in World War II.

In October 1941, Franz Rademacher was responsible for mass deportations and executions of Serbian Jews.

Franz Rademacher had a hand in the deportation of Jews from France, Belgium and the Netherlands.

In 1943, Franz Rademacher became embroiled in Luther's attempted coup to oust Ribbentrop.

Franz Rademacher was dismissed from the Foreign Affairs Ministry and sent to fight in the navy as an officer for the remainder of the war.

Franz Rademacher ended up with Admiral Karl Donitz's cypher-breaking unit at Flensburg-Murwik under the command of Captain Kupfer.

Franz Rademacher was eventually brought to trial in West Germany in February 1952 for the murders that he had supervised in Serbia.

Franz Rademacher was released from prison in July 1952 due to time served.

In July 1963, Franz Rademacher was arrested on charges of spying in Syria.

Franz Rademacher spent over two years in prison, before being released on health grounds in October 1965.

Franz Rademacher returned voluntarily to West Germany on 30 November 1966, where he was taken into custody by the security police on the tarmac at the Nuremberg Airport.

Franz Rademacher was once more convicted of war crimes and sentenced to five-and-a-half years of imprisonment.

In 1971, a West German high court in Karlsruhe overruled the judgment against Franz Rademacher and ordered a new trial for his crimes during the Second World War.

Franz Rademacher died on 17 March 1973 before proceedings had begun.