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

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. He was a member of the

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from 1949 to 1951 representing Kassel, the 2nd

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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 discretely, in the capture of Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann. In

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book's introduction by Shlomo J. Shpiro, added to the 1997 expanded edition, it is revealed for the first time that then Hesse prosecutor-general

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

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

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and died in Frankfurt.

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* 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 Ministers-President 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