Dietrich von Mirbach
Dietrich von Mirbach (born September 20, 1907 in Potsdam , † December 29, 1977 in Gmund am Tegernsee ) was a German diplomat .
Life
Von Mirbach studied law in Marburg, Freiburg, Lausanne and Königsberg and took a legal traineeship in 1932 and the second state examination in 1934 . In April 1934 he was accepted into the Foreign Service . From 1934 to 1937 he was accredited at the German Embassy in Ankara. In 1937 he passed a diplomatic-consular exam in the Foreign Office . From 1937 to 1938 he was accredited at the consulate of the German Reich in the internationally administered Danzig. From 1938 to 1939 he was back in Berlin with Joachim Ribbentrop . From 1939 to 1943 was accredited in the embassy of the German Reich in Bucharest under Manfred von Killinger . From 1943 to 1945 he was deployed in the Foreign Office in Berlin. On May 1, 1933 , he joined the NSDAP . He was a member of the SA between 1933 and 1935.
Nothing is known about its denazification .
From 1949 to 1951 he found a job in the trade contract office of the Working Group of Chambers of Industry and Commerce and the trade associations as a country officer. He was then employed by the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Bonn.
Von Mirbach was returned to the Foreign Service on February 1, 1952. From 1952 to 1955 he climbed into the German Embassy in Cairo under Günther Pawelke for Counselor on. From 1956 to 1959, he headed the Eastern Europe department at the Foreign Ministry in Bonn as a lecturer in the first class of the Legation Council . In 1963, Mirbach was involved in establishing semi-diplomatic relations with the government of the People's Republic of Hungary under János Kádár . In 1967 von Mirbach welcomed Kurt Georg Kiesinger as ambassador of the Federal Republic in New Delhi .
Most recently, he was ambassador to Canada from 1970 until his retirement in 1972 .
literature
- Maria Keipert (Red.): Biographical Handbook of the German Foreign Service 1871–1945. Published by the Foreign Office, Historical Service. Volume 3: Gerhard Keiper, Martin Kröger: L – R. Schöningh, Paderborn u. a. 2008, ISBN 978-3-506-71842-6 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Ostpolitik: possibilities and approaches . In: Der Spiegel . No. 47 , 1963 ( online ).
- ^ Chancellor's trip: Farewell in German . In: Der Spiegel . No. 49 , 1967 ( online ).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Helmut Allardt |
German ambassador in Jakarta 1959–1963 |
Gerhart Weiz |
| Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz |
German ambassador in New Delhi 1965–1970 |
Günter Diehl |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mirbach, Dietrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mirbach, Dietrich Freiherr von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 20, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Potsdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 29, 1977 |
| Place of death | Gmund am Tegernsee |