Alfred Blumenfeld
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Alfred Blumenfeld (* 1912 ; † May 3, 1992 in Bonn ) was a German diplomat.
Career
Blumenfeld attended the Petri School in Leningrad in 1928 , then came to Berlin, where he graduated from high school and studied. In 1949 he joined the Foreign Service of the Federal Republic of Germany. He was initially at the German OECD representation in Paris, from 1958 to 1963 head of the economic service at the Moscow embassy and from 1963 to 1967 deputy head of the commercial representation in Warsaw.
In 1967 he took over the Soviet Union department in the Foreign Office . After the Moscow negotiations , he was the first Consul General of the Federal Republic in Leningrad from 1972 to 1977.
He then worked at the research institute of the German Society for Foreign Policy in Bonn.
Honors
- 1977: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1987: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Fonts
- On the situation of the German colony in Petrograd / Leningrad between the world wars . In: Osteuropa 40, 1990, pp. 55-63.
literature
- Obituary for Dr. Alfred Blumenfeld in: Arion: Yearbook of the German Pushkin Society, Volume 2 - Bouvier, 1992
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SURNAME | Blumenfeld, Alfred |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1912 |
DATE OF DEATH | May 3, 1992 |
Place of death | Bonn |