Georg von Lilienfeld

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Georg von Lilienfeld (born November 27, 1912 in Riga , † December 11, 1989 in Munich ) was a German diplomat .

Life

After attending grammar schools in Düsseldorf and Munich, he studied law and political science, as well as newspaper studies in Munich, Riga and Berlin . He also studied at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University , Harvard University in Boston and Columbia University in New York . After graduating, Lilienfeld worked as a journalist. In 1938 he joined the Foreign Office . He joined the NSDAP on March 1, 1938, and was a member of the SA from 1932 to 1934. In 1933 and 1934 he wrote articles for the Völkischer Beobachter .

He worked in Berlin until the beginning of his military service during the Second World War. In Joachim von Ribbentrop's Foreign Ministry , he worked as a censor for radio programs. From 1943 to 1945 he worked at the embassy in Tehran. After that he was still employed at the embassy in Fasano in 1945 . After the end of the war he was interned in Italy until 1947; nothing is known about his denazification . After 1945 he acted as a witness in high treason trials of US citizens in the USA . From 1948 to 1950 he lived in the USA. There he worked in various professions.

Between 1951 and 1954 he worked for the press and information office of the federal government. In 1953 he accompanied Konrad Adenauer on his trip to America because of his knowledge of America. In the Press and Information Office he was head of the North and South America division. He was accepted into the diplomatic service of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1954 and rose to head of division for the United States. Between 1957 and 1961 he was counselor in Ankara and then envoy in Washington until 1968. On March 13, 1968, Georg von Lilienfeld took part in a meeting with Adolf von Wagner, the third secretary of the Embassy of the Federal Republic in Washington, Lohn M. Leddy and Edwin D. Crowley. Georg von Lilienfeld was the concern of the government Kurt Georg Kiesinger ago, the government of Alexei Kosygin could the NPT restrictive of the Nuclear Planning Group interpret. The Lyndon B. Johnson administration has determined that the NPG was created to discourage such interpretations.

Since 1968 he was the German ambassador in Tehran . In 1974 he moved to Madrid . He retired in 1977.

Origin and family

Coat of arms of the noble family Lilienfeld

Georg Wilhelm came from the long-established Baltic noble family von Lilienfeld (III. House Saage), his father was the district member Helmut Karl von Lilienfeld (1874–1930) Herr auf Kechtel , who died in Vienna in 1930 and with Benita Alexandrine von Brümmer (* 1888 ) was married. Georg Wilhelm married Margit Ternes von Hattburg (1922–1992), their descendants were:

  • Georg Christian Magnus von Lilienfeld (* 1952 in Bonn, † 1994 in Tehran)
  • Alexander Henric von Lilienfeld (1956–1972)
  • Katharina Benita von Lilienfeld (1958–1979)

Honors

literature

  • Munzinger: International Biographical Archive. 11, 1978 dated March 6, 1978.
  • 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 et al. 2008, ISBN 978-3-506-71842-6 , pp. 83-84.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ US Department of State , April 10, 1968 (PDF; 712 kB)
  2. ^ Lilienfeld, Georg von Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Tehran, in: 1969 Institute for Contemporary History,; Möller, Horst; Schöllgen, Gregor; Wirsching, Andreas: Files on the Foreign Policy of the Federal Republic of Germany, contributors Franz Eibl, Hubert Zimmermann, Verlag Walter de Gruyter, 2000, ISBN 3486718185 , page 1506 [1]
  3. ^ Lilienfeld, Georg von Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Madrid, in: 1976 Institute for Contemporary History,; Möller, Horst; Schöllgen, Gregor; Wirsching, Andreas: Files on the Foreign Policy of the Federal Republic of Germany, contributors Matthias Peter, Michael Ploetz, Tim Geiger, Verlag Walter de Gruyter, 2007, ISBN 3486718118 , page 1756 [2]
predecessor Office successor
Franz Josef Bach Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Tehran
1968–1974 		Hans-Georg Wieck
Helmut Allardt Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Madrid
1974–1977 		Lothar Lahn
personal data
SURNAME Lilienfeld, Georg von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Riga
DATE OF DEATH December 11, 1989
Place of death Munich