Georg August Zinn (27 May 1901 – 27 March 1976) was a German lawyer and a politician of the

SPD The Social Democratic Party of Germany ( , SPD ) is a social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been the party's leader since the 2019 leadership election together wi ...

. He was a member of the

Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet (assembly), Diet") is the lower house of the Germany, German Federalism in Germany, federal parliament. It is the only constitutional body of the federation directly elected by the German people. The Bundestag wa ...

from 1949 to 1951 representing

Kassel Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in North Hesse, northern Hesse, in Central Germany (geography), central Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel (region), Kassel and the d ...

, the 2nd Minister-President of

Hesse Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major hist ...

from 1950 to 1969 and served as the 5th and 16th President of the Bundesrat in 1953/54 and 1964/65. While he was at the helm of Hesse government he played an important role, although quite discreetly, in the capture of Nazi criminal

Adolf Eichmann Otto Adolf Eichmann ( ;"Eichmann"
''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''. ; 19 March 1906 – 1 Ju ...

. In Shlomo J. Shpiro's introduction to Isser Harel's book ''The House on Garibaldi Street'', added to the 1997 expanded edition, it is revealed for the first time that then Hesse prosecutor-general

Fritz Bauer Fritz Bauer (16 July 1903 – 1 July 1968) was a German Jewish judge and prosecutor. He played an instrumental role in the post-war capture of former Holocaust planner Adolf Eichmann, and in bringing about the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials. Early ...

did not act alone, in the attempt to apprehend Eichmann while he was hiding in

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

, but was discreetly helped by Zinn. In this article there was just a hint to Zinn ("Eine hochstehende Persönlichkeit von großer Integrität" - a very important person of great integrity), whose name and role were not clearly revealed before the aforementioned 1997 Shpiro's introduction. Zinn was two times married. His second wife was Dr. Christa Zinn (1927–2002). Three sons are still living,

Karl Georg Zinn Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl of Austria, last Austrian Emperor * Karl (footballer) (born 1993), Karl Cachoe ...

(born 1939, economist), Dr. Georg-Christian Zinn and Dr. Philip-André Zinn. He was born in

Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main () is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 773,068 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the List of cities in Germany by population, fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located in the forela ...

and died in Frankfurt.

References

External links

* 1901 births 1976 deaths Presidents of the German Bundesrat Jurists from Frankfurt Grand Crosses 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Minister-presidents of Hesse Members of the Bundestag for Hesse Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany Politicians from Frankfurt {{Germany-SPD-politician-stub