Show Von VO P Given lye n 8 Year 8 Year Sentence Feb 24 UP Franz JP-Franz Franz von ace of Adolf Hitler's diplomatic corps was sentenced by a German court Monday to serve eight years at hard labor Sentence was imposed by the seven-man seven court after it had found the former fonner and ambassador guilty as a major maj r offender who helped Hitler to power and stayed with the Nazi regime to the thc end The court also ordered Von personal fortune Von was acquitted of war crimes charges last Jast October by the International m in military I I I t tar a r y tribunal which sentenced Hermann Goering and 10 other nazi leaders to death following a making history trial here The time one-time nazi diplomat now is 68 and has hardening of the arteries The courts court's sentence was regarded as tantamount to a life term tenn Old Estates Von confiscated properly property property prop prop- erty erly includes old centuries-old estates in both the French and British zones of Germany Von was barred from entering both zones after his acquittal at the war-crimes war trial and was forced to remain in the U. U S. S zone At the trial trIa he protested that he had been motivated motivated mo mo- mo- mo by a desire not to help Hitler but to help Germany He insisted that after the fuehrer came to power he like all an others was helpless to intervene Von Pap en said that he had opposed opposed opposed op op- op- op posed the union of ot Austria with Germany when he w was ambassador to Austria and had worked for peace as ambassador to Turkey The cour court however ruled that his possession of a gold Nazi party badge however honorary and lack of ot evidence of any break with Hitler Hit Hit- ler Jer were enough to Justify his con con- v Credit for Time The rhe Judges said that Von would be given credit for time Ume he served as a prisoner of the Int international international inter inter- r- r national military war crimes tribunal This will wUl take one year and five months off oft his eight years in a labor Jabor camp At the same time the court announced announced announced an an- that he would be assessed marks as s costs of ot his trial and would be allowed t to keep no more than marks It was not made clear how Bavarian Bavarian Bavarian Ba Ba- varian authorities expected to arrange ar- ar arrange arrange ar ar- range for tor seizure of ot property outside outside out out- side Bide the U. U S. S occupation zone Von ruddy cheeked and Se See Page 2 Column 3 S 14 f ft g I j I t r s II- II U 1 I- I i FATE CATCHES ACE DIPLOMAT Franz Franzon von on a ace e of Adolf Hitler's diplomatic corps flushed and trembled Monday when a German court sentenced him him Jilin to 8 years of 01 hard labor and confiscated fortune AP Photo Phot I i VON YON APEN P Continued from Pago Page One white looked the picture of a dapper diplomat as he stood before the court to pear hear his sen- sen tence ence He flushed and trembled as asPres asPres Pres Camill Camm Sachs Imposed the verdict verdict then then drew him himself elf erect and maintained tight lipped si si- si lence The courtroom was crowded with stony stony- stony eyed Bavarians who never had liked Von nor normany normany normany many other Prussians They stared silently Von was ordered held under arrest to start his term immediately immediately im Ira- mediately regardless of any in intention intention intention in- in to appeal the verdict to the German Gennan superior court and possibly to the military govern govern- m ment ent Prepares Bed This was the same procedure a court took in the case of ot Hans radio propagandist acquitted with Von and Hjalmar Schacht by the tribunal Fr e got nine years from the court Now in Langwasser labor camp he told a reporter in jocular vein Sunday that hat he was preparing a bed for Von Van Von wife wiCe son and three daughters were present at the conclusion conclusion conclusion con con- of ot his trial They have been near him hirr most of the time except for periodic return visits to o their home In the French zone Von Van served Germany asa as asa asa a diplomat soldier legislator or executive for some 30 years In World War Var I he was a military mili- mili tary ary in Mexico and the United States and a German chief of staff of a Turkish army He was thrown out of the U. U S. S in a aI I diplomatic tlc incident Later he served in the Prussian diet Before Hitler gained power he IB was and under Hitler he became vice chancellor As ambassador to Austria after 1934 he induced Austrian Chancellor Chancellor Chan- Chan Kurt lurt von to go goto goto goto to see Hitler in 1938 Shortly af aft afterward t erward Germany took over her neighbor As ambassador to Turkey from 1939 to 1944 Von worked to keep the Turks neutral In February February Feb Feb- mary 1942 a bomb blast on an Ankara street wounded him slight slight- ly y Von was dismissed in itt 1944 U. U S. S troops captured him himIn himin in n the Ruhr in m April 1945 |