Heinrich Otto Abetz
(26 March 1903 – 5 May 1958) was the German ambassador to Vichy France during
World War II and a convicted war criminal.Abetz was arrested by Allied
authorities in the Schwarzwald in October 1945. He was quoted in France Soir, following the
announcement of his arrest, as saying that Adolf Hitler was not dead, which
statement is found in the FBI files pertaining to Hitler's apparent escape to
Argentina.[17] In July 1949 a French court sentenced Abetz to 20 years'
imprisonment for crimes against humanity, particularly his role in arranging
the deportation of French Jews to the Nazi extermination camp. He was released on
17 April 1954 from Loos prison.H e died in an auto accident in 1958.
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