place_of_death eduard hempel
Eduard Hempel ( born 6 June 1887 , ___MASK48___ died 12 November 1972 Gundelfingen ) was a German diplomat . He was the Nazi German Minister to Ireland between 1937 and 1945 -- in the buildup to and during The Emergency ( Second World War ) . When he was first appointed to the post he was not a Nazi party member but a short while after his appointment , the Berlin regime put him under extreme pressure to join . Prior to his appointment , the Irish External Affairs ministry had specified that they did not want a Nazi party member as diplomatic representative ; the solution to this requirement appears to have been to appoint a person who was not a member of the party , but made to join the following year , his NSDAP card being dated 1 July 1938 . Saxon ___MASK64___ - East Ore Mountains ( German : Sächsische Schweiz - Osterzgebirge ; ) is a district (" Kreis ") in the Free State of Saxony , ___MASK75___ . It is named after the mountain ranges Saxon ___MASK64___ and Erzgebirge . ___MASK48___ is a town in the Free State of Saxony , Germany , capital of the administrative district Sächsische Schweiz - Osterzgebirge . The town ' s population is over 37 , 000 . ___MASK48___ is located near Dresden and is an important district town as well as a " Große Kreisstadt ". It is also known for the gassing of about 15 , 000 disabled people in Sonnenstein Castle between June 1940 and ___MASK30___ 1941 , killings which ceased after pressure was exerted on the authorities by the local population . Today , a small plaque at the base of Sonnenstein Castle and the Sonnenstein Memorial remembers the dead . ___MASK99___ is an area in southwest Germany between the Rhine River and the foothills of the Black Forest . Part of the state of Baden - Württemberg , it centers on the city of Freiburg im ___MASK99___ . The district ___MASK99___ - Hochschwarzwald , which partly consists of the ___MASK99___ , is named after the Black Forest area . Parts of the ___MASK99___ are also situated in the political districts of Freiburg im ___MASK99___ and Emmendingen . The ___MASK67___ is a castle in ___MASK48___ , near Dresden , Germany . It housed a mental hospital , which operated from 1811 to the end of World War II in 1945 . During the War , it functioned as an extermination centre for the Third Reich Action T4 program . It was shut down following the war , and reopened in 1970 . ___MASK39___ is the capital and the largest city of Germany as well as one of its constituent 16 states . With a population of approximately 3 . 5 million people , ___MASK39___ is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European ___MASK44___ . Located in northeastern Germany on the banks of rivers Spree and Havel , it is the centre of the ___MASK39___ - Brandenburg Metropolitan Region , which has about 6 million residents from more than 180 nations . Due to its location in the European Plain , ___MASK39___ is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate . Around one - third of the city ' s area is composed of forests , parks , gardens , rivers and lakes . Gundelfingen im ___MASK99___ is a municipality directly north of the city Freiburg in Baden - Württemberg in southern Germany . ___MASK47___ is the capital city and after ___MASK91___ the second - largest city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany . It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe , near the border with the Czech Republic . The European ___MASK44___ ( EU ) is a political and economic ___MASK44___ of member states that are located primarily in Europe . It has an area of , and an estimated population of over 510 million . The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states . EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people , goods , services , and capital within the internal market , enact legislation in justice and ___MASK38___ affairs , and maintain common policies on trade , agriculture , fisheries , and regional development . Within the Schengen Area , passport controls have been abolished . A monetary ___MASK44___ was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002 , and is composed of 19 EU member states which use the euro currency . ___MASK98___ - Württemberg is a state in Germany located in the southwest , east of the Upper Rhine . It is Germany  s third largest state in terms of size and population , with an area of and 10 . 8 million inhabitants . The state capital and largest city is ___MASK56___ . The European Plain or Great European Plain is a plain in Europe and is a major feature of one of four major topographical units of Europe - the " ___MASK25___ and Interior Lowlands ". It is the largest mountain - free landform in Europe , although a number of highlands are identified within it . ___MASK75___ , officially the Federal Republic of ___MASK75___ , is a federal parliamentary republic in ___MASK25___ - western Europe . It includes 16 constituent states , covers an area of , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate . With about 82 million inhabitants , ___MASK75___ is the ___MASK8___ populous member state of the European ___MASK44___ . After the United States , it is the second ___MASK8___ popular immigration destination in the world . ___MASK75___ ' s capital and largest metropolis is Berlin . Other major cities include ___MASK100___ , Munich , ___MASK42___ , Frankfurt , Stuttgart and Düsseldorf . The Havel is a river in north - eastern ___MASK75___ , flowing through the German states of ___MASK61___ - Vorpommern , Brandenburg , Berlin and Saxony - Anhalt . It is a right tributary of the Elbe river and long . However , the direct distance from its source to its mouth is only . The Spree is a river that flows through the Saxony , ___MASK11___ and Berlin states of Germany , and in the Ústí nad Labem region of the Czech Republic . Approximately in length , it is a left bank tributary of the River Havel , which itself flows into the Elbe and then the North ___MASK31___ . It is the river on which the original centre of Berlin was built . ___MASK11___ ( Lower Sorbian : " Bramborska ") is one of the sixteen federated states of Germany . It lies in the northeast of the country covering an area of 29 , 478 square kilometers and has 2 . 48 million inhabitants . The capital and largest city is ___MASK79___ . ___MASK11___ surrounds but does not include the national capital and city - state Berlin forming a metropolitan area .