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Martin Luther (1895–1945) was a NAZI war criminal, who participated in the Wannsee conference. He served the Nazi regime as a diplomat, and was an early member of the National Socialist Party. He served as an advisor to Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, first in the Dienststelle Ribbentrop (Ribbentrop Bureau), and later in the Auswartiges Amt (Foreign Ministry) when von Ribbentrop replaced Konstantin von Neurath. Dr. Martin Luther the Nazi The copyright status of this vintage image is undetermined; it may still be copyrighted. ... There are several historical figures who could be referred to as Martin Luther: Martin Luther, the founder of Lutheranism and leader of the Reformation Martin Luther King, Jr. ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Nazism. ... A war crime is a punishable offense, under international (criminal) law, for violations of the law of war by any person or persons, military or civilian. ... The Wannsee Villa, location of the Wannsee Conference, is now a Holocaust museum. ... The United Nations, with its headquarters in New York City, is the largest international diplomatic organization. ... The Nazi swastika symbol The National Socialist German Workers Party ( German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), better known as the NSDAP or the Nazi Party was a political party that was led to power in Germany by Adolf Hitler in 1933. ... Ulrich Friedrich Wilhelm Joachim von Ribbentrop Ulrich Friedrich Wilhelm Joachim von Ribbentrop (born Ulrich Friedrich Wilhelm Joachim Ribbentrop) (April 30, 1893 – October 16, 1946) was Foreign Minister of Germany from 1938 until 1945. ... Konstantin von Neurath Konstantin Freiherr von Neurath (February 2, 1873 – August 14, 1956) was a German diplomat, Foreign Minister of Germany (1932-1938) and Reichsprotektor (nazi representative in the Czech puppet state) of Bohemia and Moravia (1939-1943). ...

Luther ran a furniture removal and interior decorating business. He was hired by Ribbentrop to move his furniture from Berlin when he was sent to London as Ambassador in 1936. Following this, Luther was employed by Ribbentrop and his wife to do the interior decorating on the new German Embassy that Ribbentrop had built in London. Luther was a master schemer and plotter, and these qualities lead Ribbentrop to offer him a position in his own foreign policy organization, the Ribbentrop Bureau. Luther accepted, and henceforward became one of Ribbentrop's favorite hachet men. Furniture is the collective term for the movable objects which support the human body (seating furniture and beds), provide storage, and hold objects on horizontal surfaces above the ground. ... Interior design is the process of shaping the experience of interior space, through the manipulation of spatial volume as well as surface treatment. ... For other uses, see Berlin (disambiguation). ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England and is the most populous city in the European Union. ... An ambassador, rarely embassador, is a diplomatic official accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization, to serve as the official representative of his or her own country. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one nation state present in another nation state to represent the sending state in the receiving State. ...

In May 1940, he was appointed to the position of Foreign Ministry liaison to the SS. He represented the Foreign Ministry at the Wannsee Conference, which was convened by SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich in order to work out the details of the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question". At this conference, he voiced concern about the large-scale "resettlement" required throughout occupied Europe, which seemed to indicate that he did not fully understand what was being planned. 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... SS or ss or Ss may be: The Schutzstaffel, a Nazi paramilitary force Steamship (SS) (ship prefix) The United States Secret Service A submarine not powered by nuclear energy (SS) (United States Navy designator), see SSN A Soviet/Russian surface-to-surface missile, as listed by NATO reporting name Shortstop... The Wannsee Villa, location of the Wannsee Conference, is now a Holocaust museum. ... SS-Obergruppenführer Erich von dem Bach-Zalewski SS-Obergruppenführer patch SA-Obergruppenführer insignia Obergruppenführer was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was first created in 1932 as a rank of the SA. Translated as Senior Group Leader, the rank of SA-Obergruppenführer was held by... Reinhard Heydrich as SS-Gruppenführer Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich (March 7, 1904 – June 4, 1942, Prague) was an SS-Obergruppenführer, chief of the Reich Security Main Office (which included the Gestapo, security agency and criminal police) and Reich governor of Bohemia and Moravia. ... In a February 26, 1942 letter to German diplomat Martin Luther, Reinhard Heydrich follows up on the Wannsee Conference by asking Luther for administrative assistance in the implementation of the Endlösung der Judenfrage (Final Solution of the Jewish Question). ... World map showing Europe Europe is one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ...

After January 1942, Luther's principal task was to persuade or pressure German satellites and allies to hand over their Jewish populations for deportation to the death camps, a job which he performed with considerable aplomb. Bizarrely enough, during this period Luther continued to work as an interior decorator for Frau Ribbentrop, helping her with the design of her various houses, as well as her clothes. Luther resented having to work for Ribbentrop's wife, stating that she treated like him one of her household servants. This was the origin of the break between Luther and the Ribbentrops. This article is about the year. ...

Late in the war, with the aid of Franz Rademacher, he tried to supplant von Ribbentrop as Foreign Minister, but was thwarted and sent to Sachsenhausen concentration camp. He was freed by Soviet troops in May 1945, but died shortly after. Franz Rademacher Franz Rademacher (1906-1973) was an official in the Nazi government of the Third Reich during World War II, known for initiating action on the Madagascar Plan. ... Arbeit Macht Frei gate Sachsenhausen was a concentration camp in Germany, operating between 1936 and 1950. ... Prior to and during World War II Nazi Germany maintained concentration camps (Konzentrationslager or KZ) throughout the territory it controlled. ... State motto (Russian): Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!) Capital Moscow Official language None; Russian (de facto) Government Federation of Soviet republics Area  - Total  - % water 1st before collapse 22,402,200 km² Approx. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ...

A year after his death, Luther's copy of the Wannsee Conference minutes was found by American investigators in the archives of the German Foreign Ministry. According to the film Conspiracy, it is the only record of the conference that survived the war. Conspiracy is a made-for-TV BBC/HBO motion picture which dramatizes the events that occurred during the Wannsee Conference of 1942. ...

See also

• Hans Luther (1885–1962), German politician and Chancellor of Germany

Hans Luther (10 March 1885–11 May 1962) was a German politician and former Chancellor of Germany. ...

Portrayals in Fiction

• He played an integral part in Robert Harris's alternate history novel, Fatherland.
• In the 2001 HBO film Conspiracy he was played by Kevin McNally.

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Reference

Browning, Christopher (1978). The final solution and the German Foreign Office: a study of Referat D III of Abteilung Deutschland, 1940-43. New York: Holmes & Meier. Christopher R. Browning (born May 22, 1944) is an American historian of the Holocaust. ...