The Ribbentrop Memoirs

by Joachim Von Ribbentrop

The memoirs of Joachim von Ribbentrop.

Genres: History

216 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1954

About the author

Ulrich Friedrich Wilhelm Joachim von Ribbentrop (30 April 1893 – 16 October 1946) was Foreign Minister of Germany from 1938 until 1945. He was later hanged for war crimes after the Nuremberg Trials.

Reviews

[Erin Wanek · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this book. There is this famous picture of jvr in his cell at Nuremberg looking all disheveled and erratic, papers everywhere- and I could see that image throughout the entire book as he tries to explain his side of the story. I think he truly believed everything he wrote.

I learned he liked the violin and the intro notes in the end he pulled it together and died with courage. In his final letters to his family at the end I think you can see this rings true.

The guy was a war criminal yes. But there is something very sad reading the words of a guy you know is about to die.