Vollrath von Maltzan
Vollrath von Maltzan Freiherr von Wartenberg und Penzlin (22 December 1899 – 22 November 1967) was West German ambassador to France from 1955 to 1958.
Biography
Vollrath von Maltzan belonged to a long line of German nobility from Western Pomerania and Mecklenburg. His father left the Imperial German Army with the rank of captain, to manage his property in Odratzheim in Lower Alsace. His mother, Hermine née Rosenfeld, came from a middle-class background in Berlin. Vollrath von Maltzan went to school in Strasbourg, which then belonged to Germany. He served as an army officer in the
After the
After the war, he headed the Foreign Trade Division of the Frankfurt Economic Administration.[2] He later headed the Foreign Trade Division of the West German Economics Ministry [3] before being loaned, and, in 1953 transferred permanently, to the Foreign Office.[4] On 26 June 1952, he was commissioned by Walter Hallstein to prepare a report on problems at the Foreign Office. His report of 16 July 1952 detailed a number of problems, requiring reorganization and considerably higher staffing levels.[5]
He ended his career as ambassador to Paris from 1955 to late 1958. Maltzan was a Francophile and spoke good French.
Publications
Vollrath von Maltzan wrote:
- Die Niessbrauch in Aktien (1923) ("Equitableinterests in shares")
- Die Industrie im Kampf um dem Weltmarkt (1954) ("Industry in the struggle for the world market")
References
- ISBN 978-0-8131-6058-0. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ Maulucci 2012, p. 77.
- ^ Maulucci2012, p. 150.
- ^ Maulucci2012, p. 131.
- ^ Maulucci2012, p. 125–137.
Sources
- Maulucci, Thomas W. Jr. (2012). Adenauer's Foreign Office: West German Diplomacy in the Shadow of the Third Reich. Northern Illinois University Press. ISBN 978-1-60909-077-7.
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