Maximilian Attems-Heiligenkreuz

Maximilian Count of Attems-Heiligenkreuz

Maximilian Graf von Attems-Heiligenkreuz (born October 9, 1892 in Laibach , Austria-Hungary ; died February 1, 1977 in Vienna ) was an Austrian ambassador , economist and writer.

Life

Maximilian Graf von Attems -Heiligenkreuz was born in 1892 as the son of Hermann Graf von Attems-Heiligenkreuz (1865–1951) and the Zdenka Freiin Nádherný von Borutín (1870–1936). Max Attems was married to Juliane Countess von Waldstein, Mistress von Wartenberg. Max Attems was a knight of honor of the sovereign Order of Malta . He was the nephew of Maximilian Graf von Attems-Gilleis (1859-1939), kuk chamberlain and u. a. Member of the manor house of the east. Reichrates. From 1933 to 1936 Attems was Consul General in London . In 1938 he was envoy in Warsaw , where he had the swastika hoisted for the "Anschluss" of Austria . He joined the NSDAP on July 1, 1940 , but left again in 1942. From 1952 to 1955 he was envoy in Rio de Janeiro and accredited to the government in Caracas . From 1955 to 1958 he was ambassador to Santiago de Chile .

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 , pp. 54f.
• Johannes Hürter (Red.): Biographical Handbook of the German Foreign Service 1871 - 1945. 5. T - Z, supplements. Published by the Foreign Office, Historical Service. Volume 5: Bernd Isphording, Gerhard Keiper, Martin Kröger: Schöningh, Paderborn et al. 2014, ISBN 978-3-506-71844-0 , p. 468

predecessor	Office	successor
Heinrich Schmid	Austrian ambassador in Warsaw in 1938	Wilhelm Engert
Adrian Rotter	Austrian ambassador in Rio de Janeiro 1952–1955	Clemens Wildner
Carl Hudeczek	Austrian ambassador to Santiago de Chile 1955–1958	Paul Zedtwitz

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Genealogical Handbook of the Count's Houses, A 4, 1962, Volume 28 of the complete series, p. 39.
2. ↑ Austrian foreign policy in historical context P. 48
3. ^ Profil (magazine) , November 14, 2009, followers and climbers: Nazi diplomats after 1945 on Ballhausplatz. P. 256.