Hans-Heinrich Dieckhoff

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Hans-Heinrich Dieckhoff in 1924

Hans-Heinrich Dieckhoff (* 23. December 1884 in Strasbourg ; † 21st March 1952 in Lenzkirch ) was a German ambassadors in the era of National Socialism .

Life

Dieckhoff was born in Strasbourg as the son of Anton Heinrich Hubert Dieckhoff and his wife Anna Stephanie Dieckhoff, née Siebler . After studying law, he applied for the diplomatic service. After the First World War he was legation counselor at the embassies in Istanbul and Prague . From 1922 he worked as counselor at the German embassy in Washington . From 1930 he was ministerial director in Berlin, later head of the political department in the Foreign Office . As the successor to Hans Luther , he represented Germany as ambassador to Washington in 1937/38 during the tenure of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and warned Joachim von Ribbentrop , with whom he was related by marriage, and Adolf Hitler of a war with the United States .

He described the American mood largely accurately and accused Roosevelt of wanting war with Germany. He saw in him a major warmonger.

Dieckhoff was from April 30, 1943 to September 2, 1944 Ambassador of the German Reich in Madrid with Francisco Franco .

He was impressed by the American and British forms of government, while he was reserved about National Socialism, less anti-Semitism , and did not decide to join the NSDAP until 1941 . Although he was never internally close to National Socialism, he remained loyal to the Nazi state until the end.

Dieckhoff was questioned by the Allies after the war, but not charged. Nothing is known about its denazification . Since he kept long diaries and wrote detailed letters, his writings provide sufficient material to examine his biography as that of a typical follower, as well as the policies of Roosevelt at the beginning of World War II .

Works

  • At what point in time does ownership and ownership pass to the addressee when a shipment is sent? R. Friedrich, Marburg 1906.
  • Roosevelt's policy towards France. Junker & Dünnhaupt , Berlin 1942.
  • On the prehistory of the Roosevelt War. Junker & Dünnhaupt, Berlin 1943.
  • Roosevelt on war course. America's Crusade Against Peace 1933–1941. Arndt-Verlag , Kiel 2003.

literature

  • Sylvia Taschka: diplomat without qualities? The career of Hans Heinrich Dieckhoff (1884–1952). Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 978-3-515-08649-3 .
  • 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 u. a. 2000, ISBN 3-506-71840-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Last Stand. In: Time . May 3, 1943.
  2. ↑ Pay attention to the political orientation of the publisher. These are essays by the author that originally appeared in the National Socialist Hamburg monthly magazines for foreign policy published by the NS-Verlag Essener Verlagsanstalt .
personal data
SURNAME Dieckhoff, Hans-Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dieckhoff, Hans Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Strasbourg
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 1952
Place of death Lenzkirch