Paul Draudt
Paul Wilhelm K. Draudt (born November 18, 1877 in Darmstadt , † November 24, 1944 in Berlin ) was a Prussian officer and general secretary of the German Red Cross (DRK).
Life
Draudt embarked on an officer career in the Prussian Army and received his patent as a lieutenant on August 18, 1896. In the further course of his military career he worked as a captain and battery chief in the 2nd Hanoverian Field Artillery Regiment No. 26 . With this regiment Draudt took part in the fighting on the Western Front at the beginning of the First World War and was later transferred to the War Ministry in Berlin .
Since 1919 Draudt was chairman of the prisoner-of-war committee of the German peace delegation in Versailles and Paris . From October 27, 1921 to May 31, 1924 he worked as General Secretary of the German Red Cross (DRK) . He then became Vice President of the DRK. Until 1937 he headed the “Foreign Service Office” of the DRK. During his tenure he played a significant role in founding the League of Red Cross Societies in Paris in 1919.
From 1924 to 1937 he was a vice-president of the league's board of governors, and for several years he was executive vice-president.
Together with Max Huber , who held him in high regard , he laid the foundation stone for the design of the International Red Cross (IRK) . Together with him he worked out the statutes of the IRK, which were passed in 1928 by the International Red Cross Conference.
He and his wife Elly, nee Heymann, died on November 24, 1944 in an air raid in Berlin. He was remembered with special gratitude at a post-war meeting of the League Board of Governors in November 1945.
Web links
- Paul Draudt in the online version of the files of the Reich Chancellery. Weimar Republic
- General Secretaries of the DRK (with photo)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Anton Schlögel : Spirit and figure of the Red Cross: a selection of speeches and essays . Bonn 1988, p. 275 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Draudt, Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Draudt, Paul Wilhelm K. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian officer and General Secretary of the German Red Cross (DRK) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Darmstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 24, 1944 |
| Place of death | Berlin |