Hans Frohwein
Hans Frohwein (born April 8, 1887 in Mainz , † August 5, 1956 in Wiesbaden ) was a German diplomat.
Life
Hans Frohwein studied law at the universities of Heidelberg, Berlin and Marburg. In Heidelberg he became a member of the Corps Suevia Heidelberg . After the assessor exam and the doctorate to Dr. jur. he initially did military service in the First World War. He then worked for a short time in the Prussian Ministry of Justice and as a judge at the Frankfurt am Main regional court before he was accepted into the diplomatic service in 1921. After his first job in the German embassy in Rome, he was promoted to Legation Council 1st class in 1923. From 1924 to 1926 Frohwein was seconded to the German Consulate General in New York. He then worked in the Foreign Office in Berlin and became Secretary General of the German delegation at the Disarmament Conference in Geneva in 1932/1933. From 1936 to 1940 he represented the German Reich in Estonia as envoy . On March 1, 1937, he joined the NSDAP . In 1941 he became a member of the German armistice delegation for business in Paris. Frohwein worked in the Foreign Office until 1945 and then worked as a business lawyer in Wiesbaden from 1946 .
literature
- Maria Keipert (Red.): Biographical Handbook of the German Foreign Service 1871–1945. Published by the Foreign Office, Historical Service. Volume 1: Johannes Hürter : A – F. Schöningh, Paderborn et al. 2000, ISBN 3-506-71840-1 , p. 622 f.
- Armin Danco: The Yellow Book of the Corps Suevia zu Heidelberg, 3rd edition (members 1810–1985), Heidelberg 1985, No. 883
- Tobias C. Bringmann: Handbuch der Diplomatie, 1815-1963: Foreign Heads of Mission in Germany and German Heads of Mission abroad from Metternich to Adenauer . Walter de Gruyter , Berlin 2001, p. 152 f .
- Ludwig Biewer : The embassy of the German Reich in Tallinn / Reval and the German-Estonian relations 1918 to 1940
See also
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SURNAME | Happy, Hans |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1887 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mainz |
DATE OF DEATH | 5th August 1956 |
Place of death | Wiesbaden |