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Georg August Zinn (27 May 1901 – 27 March 1976) was a German lawyer and a politician of theSPD. He was a member of theBundestag from 1949 to 1951 representingKassel, the 2ndMinister-President ofHesse from 1950 to 1969 and served as the 5th and 16th President of theBundesrat 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 criminalAdolf Eichmann. In Shlomo J. Shpiro's introduction toIsser Harel's bookThe House on Garibaldi Street, added to the 1997 expanded edition, it is revealed for the first time that then Hesse prosecutor-generalFritz Bauer did not act alone, in the attempt to apprehend Eichmann while he was hiding inArgentina, but was discreetly helped by Zinn.[1][2]
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.
^Harel, Isser (1997).The House on Garibaldi Street. London: Routledge.ISBN9781315036687.
^"Das haus in der Garibaldi Straße (The House on Garibaldi Street)".Der Spiegel (in German). 6 July 1975. Retrieved28 August 2021. 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.
Dorls(from 13 December 1950 WAV-Gast, from 17 January 1951 WAV, from 26 September 1951 Non-attached, am 23 October 1952 Mandatsaberkennung)
Frommhold(from 7 September 1949 Nationale Rechte, from 5 October 1950 Non-attached (DRP), from 26 March 1952 DP-Gast, from 11 February 1953 Non-attached)
Miessner(from 5 October 1950 FDP-Gast, from 20 December 1950 FDP)
Rößler(from 15 September 1949 Nationale Rechte, from 6 September 1950 Non-attached, from 13 December 1950 WAV-Gast, from 17 January 1951 WAV, from 26 September 1951 Non-attached, until 21 February 1952)
Thadden(from 15 September 1949 Nationale Rechte; 1950 DRP, from 20 April 1950 Non-attached)
Ott(Non-attached, from 4 May 1950 WAV-Gast, from 13 October 1950 BHE/DG, from 21 March 1952 Non-attached, from 26 March 1952 DP/DPB-Gast, from 26 June 1952 Non-attached)
