Konstantin Hermann Karl Freiherr von Neurath (1873 - 1956) was a German diplomat who served as Foreign Minister of Germany between 1932 and 1938. Neurath served as minister to Denmark, ambassador to Italy and ambassador to Britain. In 1932 he was appointed Foreign Minister by Chancellor Franz von Papen, and continued to hold the post under Adolf Hitler. In the early years of the Nazi regime, Neurath played a key role in the foreign policy pursuits of Hitler in undermining the Treaty of Versailles and territorial expansion in the prelude to World War II. Hitler replaced Neurath in 1938 with the more compliant Joachim von Ribbentrop. Neurath served as Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia between 1939 and 1943. Neurath was tried as a war criminal in Nuremberg and sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment for his compliance and actions in the Nazi regime. He received an early release in 1954, after which he retired to his family estate, where he died two years later