Gustav Strohm (diplomat)
Gustav Strohm (born June 1, 1893 in Eßlingen am Neckar , † August 22, 1957 in Pretoria ) was a German diplomat .
Life
After attending the humanistic grammar school in Eßlingen, he studied history and philosophy at the University of Tübingen . His education was interrupted when he was called up during the First World War . Until 1918 he was a lieutenant and company commander at the 10th Württemberg Infantry Regiment No. 180 , the Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 120 and the General Command Staff, e.g. V. 58 .
After returning home, he completed his studies and entered the diplomatic service of the German Reich. From 1922 he was an attaché in the Foreign Office , was promoted to Legation Council in 1928 and in 1930 was transferred to Lyon as consul . Later he was chargé d'affaires in Addis Ababa and from 1936 to 1943 head of the Africa department. On March 1, 1938, he joined the NSDAP . He had already been active in the Nazi state's campaign to reintegrate the Saarland into the German Reich. In 1943 he was deployed in Bolzano .
After the Second World War, Strohm initially worked as a writer and radio commentator. Later the Saarland expert was a clerk for territorial issues in the German Office for Peace Issues . At the beginning of 1950 he moved to the Federal Government's liaison office to the High Commissioners in Bonn. After the Foreign Office was reestablished in 1951, Strohm was entrusted with handling the Saar question . The passing on of documents by his confidante, the agent Hella Hubaleck , led to his temporary suspension. In autumn 1954 he succeeded Rudolf Holzhausen as ambassador for South Africa. There he died on August 22, 1957 of a heart attack caused by the Asian flu .
Honors
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
- Gold Württemberg Military Merit Medal on April 7, 1916
- Wound Badge (1918)
- Large Federal Cross of Merit with Star (1957)
literature
- International Biographical Archive 43/1957 of October 14, 1957.
- Hans-Jürgen Döscher : The Foreign Office in the Third Reich. Diplomacy in the shadow of the final solution. Siedler Verlag. Berlin 1987. ISBN 3-88680-256-6 .
- Biographical manual of the German Foreign Service 1871–1945. Volume 4: p . Published by the Foreign Office, Historical Service, edited by: Bernd Isphording, Gerhard Keiper, Martin Kröger. Schöningh, Paderborn et al. 2012, ISBN 978-3-506-71843-3 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Gustav Strohm in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans-Jürgen Döscher: The Foreign Office in the Third Reich. Diplomacy in the shadow of the final solution. Berlin 1987, p. 38. Note 19.
- ↑ Otto von Moser : Die Württemberger in the world wars. 2nd expanded edition. Chr.Belser AG, Stuttgart 1928, p. 141.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Strohm, Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Esslingen am Neckar |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 22, 1957 |
| Place of death | Pretoria |