Ehrenfried von Holleben

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Ehrenfried Anton Theodor Ludwig von Holleben (born May 11, 1909 in Potsdam , † October 28, 1988 in Bayreuth ) was the German ambassador to Brazil and Portugal and chief of protocol in the Foreign Office.

Life

School and job

Von Holleben is a member of the Holleben family . He grew up in Erfurt and Potsdam and passed the secondary school diploma in 1929. He then studied law at the universities of Munich, Leipzig and Berlin and passed the first state examination in law in 1933 and the second state examination in 1936. In 1937 he worked as a commercial lawyer at Allianz Insurance in Berlin and in 1938 as an associate lawyer. In 1939 he took part in the Second World War and was wounded in 1940/41. He was dismissed from the Wehrmacht with the rank of NCO and then worked as a lawyer in Potsdam and Berlin. At the end of the war he was a public prosecutor in Potsdam. From 1945 to 1949 he worked as a business lawyer in Hanover, later as a lawyer in Kulmbach and Bayreuth. In 1952 he was accepted into the foreign service of the Federal Republic of Germany. From 1953 to 1956 he was Consul General in Glasgow, Scotland . This was followed by a transfer to the protocol department in Bonn , where he later rose to become chief of protocol and in this position accompanied Federal President Heinrich Lübke on his trips abroad. He then held the post of Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Rio de Janeiro from 1966 to 1970 . From 1971 to 1974 he was ambassador to Lisbon , Portugal. He was president of the German Nobility Law Committee and a member of the Order of St. John .

1970 kidnapping in Brazil

From June 11 to 16, 1970, von Holleben was kidnapped in Rio de Janeiro by the left-wing urban guerrillea Vanguarda Popular Revolucionária under the leadership of Carlos Lamarca in front of the ambassador's residence in Santa Teresa. Two police officers who were part of the ambassador's bodyguard and were in an escort vehicle were shot dead with submachine guns. Von Holleben was held in an unknown location. His release came after the group had called on the radio and arranged for 41 prisoners from the opposition to be released and emigrated to Algiers . The kidnappers justified the kidnapping with the fact that German companies were also involved in the “exploitation of Brazil”.

family

Von Holleben was married to Isa von Scheliha (born November 12, 1917 in Breslau ; † February 24, 2017 in Thurnau), widowed Baroness Hiller von Gaertringen. The couple had a son.

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Holleben, Ehrenfried von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Holleben, Ehrenfried Anton Theodor Ludwig von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German nobleman, President of the German Nobility Law Committee
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Potsdam
DATE OF DEATH October 28, 1988
Place of death Bayreuth