Rudolf Holzhausen
Rudolf Hermann Johannes Holzhausen (born April 13, 1889 in Ellrich ; † June 9, 1963 in Munich ) was a German diplomat .
Life
Holzhausen made his Abitur in Nordhausen and studied law and political science. In the First World War he was used as a cavalry officer and then in the air force. In 1919 Holzhausen joined the foreign service of the German Reich. He was last accredited to the embassies of the German Reich as Legation Councilor in Vienna and in 1925 in The Hague . From 1925 to 1927 he was employed in the office of Reich President Paul von Hindenburg . From 1928 to 1933 he was a delegation counselor at the embassy of the German Reich in Prague . He was retired in 1934 and adopted in 1937. During the Second World War he was employed at the Research Office .
In 1945 Holzhausen was assigned to the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs as a member of the government. He became the liaison of the government of Bavaria under Hans Ehard to the Allied Control Council . In 1949 Rudolf Holzhausen described the files on Wilhelmstrasse , after a detailed review of the English edition by Alan J. P. Taylor .
In 1950 Holzhausen headed the Bavarian State Chancellery . At the end of November 1950, Holzhausen was sent to Daniel François Malan by the federal government as consul general under the apartheid regime in the British Dominion South African Union . On May 8, 1951, the Consulate General in Cape Town was upgraded to an embassy.
Honors
- 1953: Large Cross of Merit with Star of the Federal Republic of Germany
Publications
- Rudolf Holzhausen - World War I Aviator, Diplomat and Historian: The Fate of a German Officer in the 20th Century . In: Das Propellerblatt , 9.
- Rudolf Holzhausen: The sources for research into the "Third Reich". In: Archival Journal. Volume 77, Volume 46, 1950, pp. 196-206
Web link
- Entry. In: Gerhard Köbler : Who was who in German law (online version)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Astrid M. Eckert: Battle for the files: the Western Allies and the return of German archives after the Second World War . Transatlantic Historical Studies, Volume 20, published by Franz Steiner Verlag.
- ↑ November 28, 1950 bundesarchiv.de
- ↑ May 8, 1951 bundesarchiv.de
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Walter Koch | Chargé d'affaires at the embassy of the German Reich in Prague 1928–1933 |
Ernst Eisenlohr |
| Friedrich Wilhelm von Keßler | Envoy of the German Federal Government in Cape Town 1950–1953 |
Werner Junker |
| Günther Pawelke |
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Cairo 1954–1955 |
Walther Becker |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Holzhausen, Rudolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Holzhausen, Rudolf Hermann Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 13, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ellrich |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 1963 |
| Place of death | Munich |