Wilhelm Engert

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Wilhelm Engert (born July 28, 1884 in Marburg an der Drau , † September 28, 1963 in Vienna ) was an Austrian diplomat .

Life

Wilhelm Engert was the son of Mathilde Buscheck and the captain August von Engert. He entered the service of the Naval Registration Office in Trieste on October 21, 1907 . From 1919 to 1925 he was employed at the legation in Belgrade . From 1925 to 1930 he was employed at the legation in London . From 1931 to 1933 he was Consul General in Munich . The Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten , the armed arm of the German National People's Party cooperated with the Heimwehr . Through the coalition of the German National People's Party and the NSDAP from January 30, 1933, the government of the German Reich would have received another channel of influence in Austria via this cooperation, which Engert warned the Engelbert Dollfuss government about .

From 1933 to March 1938 he was Envoy Extraordinary and Ministre plénipotentiaire in Athens . In 1938 he left the foreign service. From 1938 to 1943 he was employed by various German agencies. From 1943 to 1944 he was an interpreter in the Air Force . In 1945 he joined the State Chancellery of the Republic of Austria . From 1946 to 1949 he was a political representative in Warsaw .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In January 1933, negotiations between the Heimwehr and the Stahlhelm were on - going, with Wilhelm Engert, Consul General in Munich, forewarning Vienna that this would open up a new channel for the German government to influence Austrian domestic affairs, if the Stahlhelm were to lend its support to the government. (ÖstA), (AdR), (AA), (ÖVB 1 Rep.), Berlin Legation, box 16, GK / M to the (BKA), 1 / pol. Jan 8, 1933, 'Home Guard Policy, Dr Richard Steidles' publication. P. 202 FN.781
predecessor Office successor
Otto Günther (diplomat) Austrian envoy in Munich from
1930 to January 1933
Otto Günther (diplomat) Austrian envoy in Athens
January 1933 to March 1938 		Paul Winterstein
Maximilian Attems-Heiligenkreuz Austrian political representative in Warsaw from
1946 to 1949 		Walter Conrad-Eybesfeld
personal data
SURNAME Engert, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Marburg on the Drau
DATE OF DEATH September 28, 1963
Place of death Vienna