Title

Joachim von Ribbentrop and Count Ciano, Nazi German and Italian Foreign Ministers, 1939. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Joachim von Ribbentrop and Count Ciano, Nazi German and Italian Foreign Ministers, 1939. Ribbentrop (1893-1946) was Foreign Minister of Nazi Germany from 1938 until 1945. He was executed in 1946 after being convicted of war crimes at the Nuremberg Trials. Gian Galeazzo Ciano, 2nd Count of Cortellazzo and Buccari (1903-1944) was the son-in-law of Italy's Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. He was appointed Foreign Minister in 1936, but as the Second World War unfolded he became increasingly disenchanted with Italy's role in the war and its alliance with Germany. He was removed from his post in 1943 and was executed the following year by order of Mussolini, under pressure from the Nazis.

Date

1940

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Keystone Archives

Reference

HRM19D84_314

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

34,7Mb (1,5Mb) / 12,7in x 10,7in / 3798 x 3198 (300dpi)

Keywords

Germany Italy Italian people male job man men German politics country law guy crime occupation dead death uniform dress war location century profession thirties concept B&W 1940s MONOCHROME politician Forties World War II World War two WWII Nazi black & white black and white B W 1930s world war 2 20th century allies Fascism Fascist Nazis Nazism statesman war crime war criminal decade executed Foreign Minister Second World War WW2 Ribbentrop Joachim von Ribbentrop photograph portrait Keystone Archives 2nd World War Unknown Joachim von Galeazzo Ciano Ciano Galeazzo Gian Galeazzo Ciano 2nd Count of Cortellazzo and Buccari Count Ciano photograph portrait