Günther Altenburg

Günther Altenburg
Günther Altenburg
	Altenburg after being arrested for war crimes in 1945
Reich plenipotentiary for Greece; De facto co-head of state of the Hellenic State
	In office; April 28, 1941 – November 3, 1943 Serving with Pellegrino Ghigi (Italian plenipotentiary)
Prime Minister	Georgios Tsolakoglou (1941–1942) ; Konstantinos Logothetopoulos (1942–1943) ; Ioannis Rallis (1943)
Preceded by	Vacant
Succeeded by	Hermann Neubacher
Reich plenipotentiary for Serbia
	In office; April, 1941 – April 28, 1941
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished; Helmuth Förster (as military commander)
Personal details
Born	5 June 1894; NSDAP

Günther Altenburg (5 June 1894 – 23 October 1984) was a Nazi German diplomat and civil official.

His first diplomatic assignments took him to postings at

southeastern Europe throughout his career. In 1934, he was serving in Vienna during the failed July Putsch, and was likely involved in its preparation. Thereafter he was recalled to Berlin, where he worked in the section dealing with Austria and Czechoslovakia

.

Dr Altenburg joined the

Military Governor of Greece, Alexander Löhr

.

After the war, he testified at the Nuremberg trials, and served as the secretary general of the Deutsche Gruppe der Internationalen Handelskammer ("German Group of the International Chamber of Commerce") industrial lobby.

References

ISBN 978-0-521-24342-1
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ISBN 978-0-19-820873-0
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ISSN 8756-6583
.

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[1] ISBN 978-0-521-24342-1
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[2] ISBN 978-0-19-820873-0
.

[3] ISSN 8756-6583
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