Gero von Schulze-Gaevernitz
Gero von Schulze-Gaevernitz (born September 27, 1901 in Freiburg im Breisgau ; † April 6, 1970 in San Agustín (Gran Canaria) ) was a German-American economist and agent in World War II.
Life
Gero von Schulze-Gaevernitz was the son of Gerhart von Schulze-Gaevernitz , professor of economics at the University of Freiburg and a member of the Weimar National Assembly . His mother was Johanna Hirsch (born May 23, 1876 in Mannheim , † 1938 in Ascona ). He had two sisters: Ruth Gaevernitz (born June 12, 1898 in Freiburg im Breisgau; † July 26, 1993 in London ) was a British historian, Margiana von Schulze-Gaevernitz (born July 5, 1904 in Freiburg im Breisgau; † 1989 in Gstaad ) was married to Edmund Stinnes .
He attended the Berthold-Gymnasium Freiburg in Freiburg until his Abitur in 1917 and studied economics , commercial law and history at the universities of Freiburg, Munich and Frankfurt am Main. In 1923 he was at the University of Frankfurt with a dissertation on the credit policy of England during and after the war from 1914 to 1921 PhD . The work appeared as a book in 1924, probably slightly expanded, and was reissued as a reprint in 1980.
In 1925 he emigrated to the USA and from 1928 worked in New York as an investment banker. During the Second World War he was Allen Welsh Dulle's right-hand man in Bern as Special Assistant from 1941 . In 1945 he received the US Medal of Freedom in recognition of his skillful negotiations in Ascona ( Switzerland ), which led to the surrender of a million German troops in Italy - Operation Crossword .
Fonts
- English credit policy 1914–1924 . Industrieverlag Spaeth & Linde, Berlin 1924. Reprint: Keip, Frankfurt 1980.
- with Allen Dulles : Company Sunrise. The secret story of the end of the war in Italy , Econ Verlag, Düsseldorf / Vienna 1967.
literature
- Gerhard Granier: Schulze Gaevernitz, Gero von , in: Baden-Württembergische Biographien , Vol. 1, pp. 343-345 ( online ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Gero von Schulze-Gaevernitz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Gero von Schulze-Gaevernitz papers , Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford University, California (USA)
- Centro Incontri Umani Ascona , Transcultural Center Ascona (Switzerland), founded in 1989 by the British social anthropologist, Southeast Asia researcher and London psychodynamic therapist Dr. Angela Hobart in memory of her parents Dr. Edmund and Margiana Stinnes-von Schulze Gaevernitz
Individual evidence
- ^ According to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, DC; General Records of the Department of State; Record Group: RG59-Entry 5166; Box Number: 82; Box Description: 1970 FA - GT, retrieved from Ancestry.com: Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad, 1835-1974 on March 29, 2016
- ^ The English credit policy 1914–1924 . Berlin, Industrieverlag Spaeth & Linde, 1924. Reprint: Frankfurt M., Keip, 1980
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schulze-Gaevernitz, Gero von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German economist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Freiburg in Breisgau |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 6, 1970 |
| Place of death | San Agustin (Gran Canaria) |