"Baron von Hartmann (Earth-616)" VS "Baron von Ritter (Earth-616)"

Baron von Hartmann was a diplomatic attache working at the German consulate in Canada during World War II. Working with Nazi spies he sought to help his motherland win the war by stealing military secrets. An opportunity came up for this in 1943 when he and his men spied on a meeting with military and government officials in Quebec City. He kidnapped General Bedoin, who had earlier met with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and was going to communicate information on the Nazis to Canadian Prime Minister McKenzie King and American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to discuss methods plans on beating the Nazis. Although loyal to his country, Von Hartmann also sought to line his own pockets and contacted Bedoin's daughter Ramona and demanded that she pay a $25,000 ransom and provide him with military plans for the safe release of her father. This plot was discovered by Captain America and Bucky who were vacationing in the area. Both heroes came to the aid of Ramona, but were subsequently captured. Captain America was freed by Ramona but Bucky was taken to an island hideout where the General was being kept.

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Baron von Ritter was a Nazi operative who was active during World War II. Stationed in Istanbul, Turkey during the war he earned the name of the "Bloody Butcher of Istanbul" due to his constant torturing of his prisoners. In the fall of 1944 he captured an American engineer in order to steal his plans and gain a tactical advantage for the Nazis in the still-neutral country of Turkey. The engineers captured prompted the American authorities to send the Human Torch and Toro to rescue him. Tracking the engineer to Ritter's estate they found him bring whipped by Ritter's men in the horse stables. Freeing the engineer, the Torch and Toro then confronted Ritter. Prevented from communicating the plans to his superiors, Ritter then ordered his men to attack while he fled. The Torch and Toro caught up to Rigger just as he was escaping by plane and used their flame powers to create a downdraft and force him to land. Fleeing, Ritter realized that capture was immanent and instead decided to kill himself. Before the Torch could stop him Ritter shot himself in the head, dying instantly.

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