Reunion - Otto Abetz, Adolf Hitler's ambassador to Nazi-occupied France, and his wife are reunited at Aachen, Germany yesterday after Abetz was pardoned by French President Rene Coty and released from prison near Lille, France. Abetz was under 20-year war crimes sentence imposed by a Paris military tribunal in 1949. President Coty said he pardoned the diplomat "because there was no blood on his hands."

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Title:
Reunion - Otto Abetz, Adolf Hitler's ambassador to Nazi-occupied France, and his wife are reunited at Aachen, Germany yesterday after Abetz was pardoned by French President Rene Coty and released from prison near Lille, France. Abetz was under 20-year war crimes sentence imposed by a Paris military tribunal in 1949. President Coty said he pardoned the diplomat "because there was no blood on his hands."
Title (alt.):
Otto Abetz
Description:
[Information from item housing] Abetz, Otto Nazi Ambassador to France
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. April 1954]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Ambassadors
Abetz, Otto Friedrich, 1903-1958
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 210 x 256 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/hm50xs095
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_000098_0005
Barcode:
39999088103211