Gustav Adolf Steengracht von Moyland

Gustav Adolf Steengracht von Moyland
Steengracht von Moyland in Allied custody c. 1947
Secretary of State at the Foreign Office Germany
In office 1943–1945
Preceded by	Ernst von Weizsäcker
Personal details
Born	15 November 1902 Moyland Castle, Bedburg-Hau, German Empire
Died	7 July 1969 (aged 66) Kranenburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany

Gustav Adolf Steengracht von Moyland (15 November 1902 – 7 July 1969) was a German diplomat and politician of Dutch descent, who served as Nazi Germany's Secretary of State at the Foreign Office from 1943 to 1945.

Early life

Moyland was born near Kleve, the son of Nicolaas Adriaan Steengracht van Moyland, a Dutch nobleman who received the title of Baron in 1888. Shortly after his birth, Moyland was made a naturalized citizen of Prussia and the German Empire in 1902.

Third Reich

He studied to become a lawyer. In 1935 Moyland became an assistant to Joachim von Ribbentrop, Nazi Germany's foreign minister.

War crimes

After the war, Moyland was arrested as a war criminal. In 1949 he was tried by the Americans at Nuremberg and sentenced to 7 years in prison. However, in 1949, his sentence was reduced to 5 years after one of his convictions was overturned. Moyland was released from prison in 1950. He spent the remainder of his life at his family castle, Schloss Moyland.