Hans-Richard Hirschfeld
Hans-Richard Hirschfeld (born October 26, 1900 in Aasbüttel , † June 28, 1988 in Remagen-Oberwinter ) was a German diplomat .
Life
As the son of the landowner Feodor Hirschfeld and his wife Emma nee. Schwerdtfeger attended Hirschfeld's secondary school in Rendsburg . During his military service from June 20 to December 7, 1918, he graduated from high school on September 23, 1918. He studied law and political science at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel , the University of Jena and the new University of Hamburg . Since 1920 he was a member of the Corps Thuringia Jena . After the legal traineeship on May 26, 1923, he worked from June 1923 to January 1924 in ship and cargo control on the Hamburg-America Line , and from January to May 1924 as a seaman. Until mid-December 1924 he was a construction worker in New York . On November 14, 1925, he joined the judicial and administrative service of the Free State of Prussia , and on December 22, 1925, he joined the Free City of Danzig . After the assessor exam on January 29, 1930, he was in the Foreign Affairs Department from November 1, 1930 to May 31, 1931 and from July 17, 1932 to August 30, 1936, and from June 1, 1931 to July 16, 1932 in the Presidential Department of the Gdansk Senate. On November 1, 1932 he became a Councilor .
Consular service
On February 27, 1936, he was drafted into the Foreign Service . On May 1, 1936, he joined the NSDAP . Initially an attaché in the legal department of the AA, he was appointed to the Consulate General in New York on October 3, 1936. In May 1938 he became vice consul and in December 1940 consul . After the German consular authorities in the USA were closed in June 1941, he was entrusted with interim tasks in the Foreign Office (personnel, administration, organization, foreign propaganda). Since September 12, 1941 Legation Councilor, he was sent to the Berne Legation in October 1943 . Since June 27, 1944, Member of the Legation, 1st class, was from June 1 to November 1, 1945 at the Federal Political Department, German interest group in Basel .
Post-war period and a new beginning
When he returned to Germany, he worked as a freelancer. In November 1947 he was denazified . From May 3, 1948 to June 29, 1950 he worked at the district office of Schenefeld (Steinburg district) as a bailiff and head of the housing office.
On June 14, 1950, he was reassigned to the Foreign Service, which was initially a department of the Federal Chancellery ; the Foreign Office was not re-established until March 1951 . From the end of 1951, Hirschfeld headed the department for international private law and civil law , since January 1952 as a lecturer in the Legation Council .
On September 21, 1953, he took over the management of the re-established Consulate General in Antwerp . Appointed Ambassador to Reykjavík on November 2, 1956 , he remained in Iceland until October 17, 1964 , after being retired on May 25, 1964.
literature
- (Red.): Biographical Handbook of the German Foreign Service 1871–1945. Published by the Foreign Office, Historical Service. Volume 2: Gerhard Keiper, Martin Kröger: G – K. Schöningh, Paderborn et al. 2005, ISBN 3-506-71841-X , p. 324.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 62/958.
- ↑ Clearance Certificate of November 21, 1947 of the Justice Committee of the Schleswig-Holstein State Government, Dept. for Denazification: 'Relieved'. - Certificate of discharge from the main denazification committee of the Rendsburg district of July 27, 1948 with the notification: 'classified as discharged in group V'. - Both resolutions are final.
- ↑ Communications from the Foreign Office
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hirschfeld, Hans-Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German ambassador |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 26, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Carrion |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 28, 1988 |
| Place of death | Remagen |