Franz Egbert Riedweg (10 April 1907, in Lucerne – 22 January 2005, in

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) was a Swiss far right Activist in the National Front (Switzerland) who, during

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, served in the

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as well as becoming a close associate of

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. Riedweg himself spent most of the war in

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. In December 1947, Riedweg was sentenced in absentia by the Swiss Federal Criminal Court to 16 years in prison for treason.

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Profile of Franz Riedweg
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Riedweg, Franz 1907 births 2005 deaths SS-Obersturmbannführer Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts Swiss collaborators with Nazi Germany Swiss emigrants to Germany People convicted in absentia People convicted of treason Swiss Nazis