Karl C. Schwendemann

Karl C. Schwendemann (born June 24, 1891 in Lahr ; † August 6, 1974 in Munich ) was a German diplomat.

Life

Schwendemann attended high school in Lahr and studied art history and philosophy in Freiburg im Breisgau, Munich, Berlin and Heidelberg from 1909 to 1914. After receiving his doctorate in 1914, he became an assistant at the TH Karlsruhe. From 1916 to 1917 he was drafted into military service and then appointed to the foreign service. From 1917 to 1921 Schwendemann worked at the embassy in The Hague . On July 1, 1925, Schwendemann was legation secretary in the press department of the Foreign Office .

“An alliance with the French press is necessary as a necessary complement to the economic understanding between the industries of these countries, as has already been initiated by the agreements on heavy industry, if the political détente between the two countries is to be brought about and developed into an understanding. With this great political aim in mind, the question of the use of funds to influence the French press must in any case be considered [...] "

- Karl C. Schwendemann : United Press Department of the Reich Government

From 1932 to 1933 Schwendemann worked at the embassy of the German Reich in Geneva . From 1935 to 1937 Schwendemann was employed at the embassies of the German Reich in Paris and Madrid.

Counselor in Madrid

In 1936 Schwendemann was counselor in Madrid. On July 25, 1936, he reported in writing to Konstantin Freiherr von Neurath's German Foreign Minister from Madrid. Schwendemann was withdrawn from the embassy in Madrid in the course of the Spanish civil war and initially worked as head of the Spanish department in the foreign ministry during the “ Third Reich ”. In 1939 he worked in the political department of the Foreign Ministry and from 1941 in the embassy in occupied France, where he headed the press department. From April 29, 1945 to March 1, he was interned in France .

Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Colombia

On January 13, 1953, Schwendemann was Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany to Laureano Gómez in Colombia . On April 7, 1953, Schwendemann handed over his accreditation as ambassador to the Colombian government. In 1956, when he reached retirement age, Schwendemann was dismissed as ambassador to Bogota.

Others

Since 1909 he was a member of the Catholic student union KDStV Hercynia Freiburg im Breisgau .

Publications

• France in Belgium: A Cultural Policy Study . German Publishing Society for Politics and History, Berlin, 1924 (58 pages).
• Real or apparent disarmament? The draft convention of the Preparatory Disarmament Commission . Hofstetter, Leipzig, 1931.
• Disarmament and security; Handbook of the Security Question and Conference on Disarmament . 2 volumes, Historisch-Politischer Verlag Rudolf Hofstetter, Leipzig, 1933.
• Equal rights and equal security . Weidmann, Berlin, 1934 (158 pages).
• Versailles after 15 years. The status of the revision of the Versailles dictation. Franz-Eher-Verlag 1935.

literature

• 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 , pp. 225ff

Web links

• Short biography in the Federal Archives (page accessed on 23 September 2016)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Files on German Foreign Policy (ADAP), Series B: 1925–1933. Vol. I, August 2 to December 1926. Germany's relations with France, Great Britain ( PDF )
2. ↑ You will win, but you will not win . In: Der Spiegel . No. 30 , 1986 ( online ).
3. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Questions of foreign trade with Colombia . In: Die Zeit , No. 48/1952
4. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Good development opportunities for trade with Colombia . In: Die Zeit , No. 18/1953
5. ^ Cabinet minutes of March 28, 1952 Item 4: Proposals for the appointment of diplomatic representatives abroad in the Federal Archives