Johannes Schwarzenberg
Johann von Nepomuk Erkinger Schwarzenberg (born January 31, 1903 in Prague , † May 26, 1978 in Città della Pieve , Perugia) was an Austrian ambassador .
Life
Johann von Nepomuk Erkinger Alfred Joseph Peter zu Schwarzenberg was the son of Ida Hoyos zu Stichsenstein (born August 31, 1870) and Karl Friedrich Edmund Emanuel zu Schwarzenberg (born July 1, 1859 - † October 4, 1913). He married Kathleen de Spoelberch, their children were Erkinger and Colienne von Meran.
In 1921 he made his Matura in Prague and studied law at the University of Vienna where he received his doctorate in law in 1926 . In 1927 he joined the state service of the Republic of Austria as a police commissioner in Vienna . In 1928 he passed a practical political examination at the Lower Austrian provincial government and in 1930 the diplomatic examination and entered the foreign service. From 1930 to 1933 he was employed as an attaché in the Foreign Affairs Department of the Federal Chancellery. From 1933 to 1936 he was legation secretary in Rome . From 1936 to 1938 he was legation secretary in Berlin . On March 11, 1938, he became legation secretary in Brussels .
After the annexation of Austria he fled to Geneva , where he was naturalized as Jean-Etienne Schwarzenberg and served as director and delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross from 1940 to 1945 . From 1940 to 1942 he headed the ICRC translation services. At the end of 1942 he took over responsibility for civilian prisoners and Jews. He was a member of the ICRC Governing Board. From March 1944 he headed the Division d'Assistance spéciale (DAS).
From 1947 to 1955 he was the representative of the Austrian government in Rome. From 1955 to 1966 he was Ambassador to the Court of St James’s . From 1966 to 1969 he was Ambassador to the Holy See, was President of the FAO Appeals Committee and led a FAO delegation to Syria, Jordan and Egypt after the Six Day War to initiate a relief operation for the Arab and Palestinian refugees displaced from the occupied territories. In 1969 he was retired .
literature
- Johannes E. Schwarzenberg: Memories and thoughts of a diplomat in times of change 1903-1978. Ed. V. Colienne Meran, Marysia Miller-Aichholz and Erkinger Schwarzenberg. Vienna, Cologne a. Weimar, Böhlau 2013. ISBN 9783205789154 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Jean-Claude Favez: The Red Cross and the Holocaust , 1999, p. 287
- ^ Rolf Steininger: Austria, Germany, and the Cold War: from the Anschluss to the State Treaty , 2008, p. 170
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Adrian Rotter |
Austrian ambassador to Italy from 1947 to 1955 |
Max Loewenthal-Chlumecky |
| Lothar Wimmer |
Austrian Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1955 to 1966 |
Josef Schöner |
| Johannes Coreth |
Austrian ambassador to the Holy See 1966 to 1969 |
Hans Reichmann |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schwarzenberg, Johannes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schwarzenberg, Johann von Nepomuk Erkinger Alfred Joseph Peter too |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 26, 1978 |
| Place of death | Città della Pieve , Perugia |