Reinhard Spitzy
Reinhard Nikolaus Karl Spitzy (born February 11, 1912 in Graz ; † November 2, 2010 in Maria Alm am Steinernen Meer ) was an Austrian SS-Hauptsturmführer (from 1938), Nazi functionary and diplomat. He was personal assistant to the Reich Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop .
life and career
Hans Spitzy's son attended the Schottengymnasium in Vienna, then an aviation school and an officer school. He joined the NSDAP and SA in October 1931, the SS in January 1932. In 1934 he was involved in the preparations for the so-called July coup in Austria. He studied at the university until 1934, in 1936 he obtained the diploma of the Section Diplomatique with distinction at the École libre des sciences politiques in Paris. From 1936 to 1938 he was secretary to the German ambassador ( Joachim von Ribbentrop ) in London, with whom he returned to the Foreign Office in 1938. Then worked in the Ribbentrops ministerial office. Later (1939) attaché, adjutant and personal assistant to Foreign Minister Ribbentrop in Vienna. After the outbreak of war, he took over the representation of American companies in Germany. Until the summer of 1941 he was special leader of the Foreign Office / Defense of the OKW ( Wilhelm Canaris ) temporarily within the Brandenburg Regiment of the Abwehr. In August 1942 he was posted to Spain as an export officer for the German weapons mission (official representative of Škoda ) for intelligence work. From 1943 on, Spitzy worked with Walter Schellenberg in the Reich Security Main Office and Prince Max Egon zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1897–1968). He took part in talks that Hohenlohe-Langenburg had with the American secret service in Bern , the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), headed by Allen Dulles .
After the Second World War, Spitzy, who was on the Allied wanted list, was able to hide in Spanish monasteries. He fled to Argentina in 1948, where he worked as a planter in Arroyo Nancay . From January 1958 he stayed in Austria again, where he had lived in Maria Alm am Steinernen Meer , OT Hinterthal, since 1989 .
Fonts
- This is how we gambled away the Reich: Confessions of an illegal. Langen Müller, Munich / Vienna 1986; 5th edition 2000, ISBN 3-7844-2493-7 .
- This is how we escaped the Allies: Confessions of a "former". Langen Müller, Munich / Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-7844-2244-6 .
- Franz von Sonnleithner : As a diplomat in the “Führer Headquarters”: From the estate. Langen Müller, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-7844-2267-5 (foreword by Reinhard Spitzy).
literature
- Ernst Klee : The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich : Who was what before and after 1945. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-596-16048-8 .
- Hermann Weiß (Ed.): Biographical Lexicon for the Third Reich . S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1998, ISBN 3-10-091052-4 .
- 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
Web links
- Reinhard Spitzy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Reinhard Spitzy in the catalog of the German National Library
- pbs.org: Interview with Spitzy (English)
- hagalil.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Reinhard Spitzy: This is how we gambled away the empire: Confessions of an illegal. 2nd, improved edition. Langen Müller, Munich 1987, p. 15.
- ↑ http://www.hans-seifert.at/oevp/daten/OEVP_zeitung_dez10_web.pdf ( Memento from August 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 4.6 MB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spitzy, Reinhard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Spitzy, Reinhard Nikolaus Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian and German diplomat and secretary Ribbentrops |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Graz |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 2, 2010 |
| Place of death | Maria Alm at the Stone Sea |