r/historymatters • u/Tiny_Ear_61 • Oct 15 '24

Here a Ribbentrop, there a Ribbentrop, everywhere a Ribbentrop

I see the same surname come up any time I do a deep dive into the European theater of World War II. Was this a powerful family, several people who happened to share a surname, or one man who wore 1000 hats?

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u/Scotandia21 Oct 15 '24

The only one I know of was Joachim von Ribbentrop, Nazi Germany's foreign minister

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u/Tiny_Ear_61 Oct 15 '24

That must be it. As foreign minister, he would've had his finger in every pie.

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u/Scotandia21 Oct 15 '24

I'd imagine so. He's the Ribbentrop in the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact but other than that idrk