List of ambassadors of Nazi Germany

The German foreign office (Auswärtiges Amt (AA)) had a sizable network of diplomatic missions when Nazis came to power in 1933. While it was a deeply traditional and elitist organisation within the German civil service, it enthusiastically helped the Nazis prosecute an ambitious foreign policy.

Listed here are the ambassadors and other senior diplomats of the AA during the Third Reich, including those with the ranks of envoy (Gesandter), ambassador (Botschafter) consul and consul general as well as chargé d'affaires (Geschäftsträger)

Abyssinia

Wilhelm Albrecht von Schoen [de] (1932–1935)
Hans Kirchholtes [de] (1935–1936)

Afghanistan

Kurt Max Paul Ziemke [de] (1933–1936)
Hans Pilger [de] (1937–1945)

Albania

Erich von Luckwald [de] (1930–1936)
Eberhard von Pannwitz [de] (1936–1941)
Martin Schliep [de] (1941–1944)

Argentina

Edmund Freiherr von Thermann [de] (1933–1942)
Erich Otto Meynen [de] (1942–1944)

Austria

Kurt Rieth (1931–1934)
Franz von Papen (1934–1938)

Belgium

Hugo Graf von und zu Lerchenfeld auf Köfering und Schönberg (1931–1934)
Raban Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden [de] (1934–1936)
Herbert von Richthofen [de] (1936–1938)
Vicco von Bülow-Schwante [de] (1938–1940)
Werner von Bargen [de] (1940–1943)

Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (Envoy)

Werner Gerlach [de] (1942–1943)
Erich von Luckwald [de] (1943–1945)

Bolivia

Maximilian König (1932–1936)
Ernst Wendler (1938–1942)

Brazil

Arthur Schmidt-Elskop [de] (1933–1937) ^[1]
Karl Ritter (1937–1938)
Curt Max Prüfer (1939–1942)

Bulgaria

Eugen Rümelin (1923–1939)
Herbert von Richthofen (1939–1941)
Adolf-Heinz Beckerle (1941–1944)

Chile

Hans Kurd von Reiswitz und Kaderzin (1932–1934)
Wilhelm Albrecht von Schoen [de] (1936–1943)

China and the Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China^[2]

Oskar Trautmann (1935–1938)
Heinrich Georg Stahmer (1941–1943)
Ernst Woermann (1943–1945)

Consul General in Canton

Felix Alternburg (1934–1938)
Franz Siebert (1939–1945)

Consul General in Hankou

Enno Bracklo (1938–1947)

Consul in Jinan

Franz Siebert (1925–1938)

Consul General in Nanjing

Martin Fischer [de] (1941–1944)

Consul in Qingdao

Enno Bracklo (1932–1938)

Consul General in Shanghai

Hermann Kriebel (1934–1937)
Martin Fischer [de] (1939–1945)
Walther Dietrich Hoops (1945)

Consul General in Tienstin

Wilhelm Stoller [de] (1936–1941)
Fritz Wiedemann (1941–1945)

Colombia

Erdmann Karl Maria von Podewils-Dürniz (1928–1934)
Werner von Hentig (1934–1936)
Wolfgang Dittler (1936–1941)

Croatia, Independent State of

Hermann Neubacher (1941–1941)
Siegfried Kasche (1941–1945)

Cuba

Hans Hermann Völckers [de] (1937–1939)^[3]

Czechoslovakia

Walter Koch (1920–1935)
Ernst Eisenlohr (1935–1938)
Andor Hencke [de] (1938–1939)

Danzig, Free City of

Erich von Luckwald [de] (1933–1936)
Otto von Radowitz [de] (1936–1938)
Martin von Janson (1938–1939)

Denmark

Herbert Freiherr von Richthofen (1930–1936)
Cécil von Renthe-Fink (1936–1942)
Werner Best (1942–1945)

Ecuador

Karl Pistor (1932–1936)
Eugen Klee (1936–1942)

Egypt

Eberhard von Stohrer (1926–1936)

Estonia

Otto Reinebeck (1932–1936)
Hans Frohwein (1936–1940)

Finland

Hans Büsing (1932–1935)
Wipert von Blücher (1935–1944)

France

Roland Köster (1933–1936)
Johannes von Welczeck (1936–1939)
Otto Abetz (1940–1944) ambassador
invested by Germany

Consul General in Algiers

Erich Windels (1926–1934)
Hermann Terdenge (1934–1937)
Johannes Erhard Richter (1937–1939)

Consul General in Damascus

Hans Kirchholtes [de] (1934–1935)
Ferdinand Sailer (1935–1939)

Consul in Hanoi

Wilhelm Stoller [de] (1928–1936)
Neumann (1941–1942)

Consul General in Marseille

Edgar von Spiegel von und zu Peckelsheim (1942–1944)

Greece

Ernst Eisenlohr (1931–1936)
Victor zu Erbach-Schönberg [de] (1936–1941)

Guatemala

Wilhelm von Kuhlmann (1924–1934)
Erich Kraske (1934–1936)
Otto Reinebeck (1937–1941)
Christian Zinsser (1941)
Franz Ferring [de] (1941)

Holy See

Diego von Bergen (1920–1943)
Ernst von Weizsäcker (1943–1945)

Hungary

Hans Georg von Mackensen (1933–1937)
Otto von Erdmannsdorff (1937–1941)
Dietrich von Jagow (1941–1944)
Edmund Veesenmayer (1944–1945)

Iceland

Werner Gerlach [de] (1939–1940)

Iraq

Fritz Grobba (1932–1939)

Ireland

Georg Dehn-Schmidt (1923–1934)
Wilhelm von Kuhlmann (1934–1937)
Eduard Hempel (1937–1945)

Italy and the Italian Social Republic

Ulrich von Hassell (1932–1938)
Hans Georg von Mackensen (1938–1942)
Rudolf Rahn (1942–1944)

Consul General in Genoa

Hans Bernard [de] (1941–1944)

Consul General in Milan

Otto Bene [de] (1937–1939)
Walther Wüster [de] (1940)
Hans Bernard [de] (1940–1941)

Consul General in Naples

Walther Wüster [de] (1943)

Consul General in Tripoli

Gebhardt von Walther (1941–1943)

Japan

Herbert von Dirksen (1933–1938)
Willy Noebel (1938)
Eugen Ott (1938–1942)
Heinrich Georg Stahmer (1943–1945)

Consul General in Kobe

Wagner (-1938)
August Balser (1938–1945)

Consul General in Yokohama

Menne (-1943)
Heinrich Seelheim (1943–1945)

Latvia

Georg Martius (1932–1934)
Eckhard von Schack (1934–1938)
Hans Ulrich von Kotze (1938–1941)

Lithuania

Erich Zechlin (1933–1941)

Luxembourg

Werner Freiherr von Ow-Wachendorf (1931–1934)
Erdmann Graf von Podewilz-Dürniz (1934–1936)
Otto von Radowitz (1936–1940)

Manchukuo

Wilhelm Wagner

Consul General in Mukden

Ernst Ramm

Consul General in Dairen

Ernst Bischoff

Mexico

Heinrich Rüdt von Collenberg (1933–1941)

Monaco

Walter Hellenthal [de] (1943–1944)

Netherlands

Julius von Zech-Burkersroda (1928–1940)
Otto Bene (1940–1945)

Consul General in Batavia

Manfred Klaiber (1938)

Nicaragua

Hugo Otto Danckers (1936–1941)

Norway

Heinrich Rohland (1934–1936)
Heinrich Sahm (1936–1939)
Curt Bräuer (1939–1940)

Paraguay

Fritz Max Weiss (1933–1934)
Erhard Graf von Wedel (1934–1937)
Hans Büsing (1937–1942)

Persia/Iran

Wipert von Blücher (1931–1935)
Johann Smend (1935–1939)
Erwin Ettel [de] (1939–1941)

Peru

Heinrich Rohland (1924–1934)
Ernst Schmitt (1934–1938)
Eduard Willy Noebel (1938–1942)

Poland

Hans-Adolf von Moltke (1931–1939)

Portugal

Hans Freytag 1933–1934
Oswald Baron von Hoyningen-Huene 1934–1945
Gustav Adolph von Halem (1945)

Romania

Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg (1931–1934)
Georg von Dehn-Schmidt (1934–1935)
Wilhelm Fabricius (1936–1940)
Manfred von Killinger (1941–1944)
Carl August Clodius [de] (1944)

Saudi Arabia

Fritz Grobba (1939)

Slovak Republic

Hans Bernard [de] (1939–1940)
Manfred von Killinger (1940)
Hanns Ludin (1941–1945)

Spain

Count Johannes von Welczeck (1925–1936)
Hans_Hermann_Völckers [de] (1933–1936)^[3]
Wilhelm Faupel (1936–1937)
Eberhard von Stohrer (1937–1942)
Hans-Adolf von Moltke (1943)
Andor Hencke [de] (1943)
Hans-Heinrich Dieckhoff (1943–1944)
Sigismund von Bibra (1944–1945)

Consul General in Barcelona

Hans Kroll (-1945)

Consul in Vigo

Heribert Schwörbel [de] (1943–1945)

Sweden

Viktor zu Wied (1933–1943)
Hans Thomsen (1943–1945)

Switzerland

Freiherr von Schauenburg-Herrlisheim (-1920)
Hans Borchers (1920–1933)
Ernst von Weizsäcker (1933–1937)
Otto Carl Köcher (1937–1945)^[4]

Tangier International Zone

Kurt Rieth (1941–1944)

Thailand

Erich August Karl Nord (1933–1935)
Wilhelm Thomas [de] (1936–1941)
Ernst Wendler (1943–1945)

Turkey

Rudolf Nadolny (1928–1933)
Hans von Rosenberg (1933–1935)
Friedrich von Keller (1935–1938)
Franz von Papen (1939–1944)

Union of Socialist Soviet Republics

Herbert von Dirksen (1928–1933)
Rudolf Nadolny (1933–1934)
Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg (1934–1941)

Consul General in Batum

Otto Bräutigam (1940–1941)

United Kingdom

Leopold von Hoesch (1932–1936)
Joachim von Ribbentrop (1936–1938)
Herbert von Dirksen (1938–1939)

Consul General in Calcutta

Werner von Ow-Wachendorf (1933–1936)
Erdmann von Podewils-Dürnitz (1936–1939)

Consul General in Hong Kong

Hermann Gipperich (1933–1939)

Consul General in Jerusalem

Heinrich Wolff [de] (1933–1935)
Walter Döhle [de] (1935–1939)

Consul General in Montreal and Ottawa (relocated in 1937)

L. Kempff (1922–1935)
Henry Schafhausen (1935–1937)
Erich Windels (1937–1939)

Consul General in Pretoria

Friedrich Wilhelm von Keßler (1931–1933)
Emil Wiehl (1933–1937)
Rudolf Leitner (1937–1939)

Consul General in Singapore

Walther Maenns (1931–1938)
Adolf von Windecker (1938–1939)

Consul General in Sydney

Rudolf Asmis (1932–1939)

Consul General in Wellington

Walter Hellenthal [de] (1936–1938)

United States

Hans Luther (1933–1937)
Hans-Heinrich Dieckhoff (1937–1938)
Hans Thomsen (1938–1941)

Consul in Boston

Herbert Scholz (1933–1941)

Consul in Chicago

Georg Krause-Wichmann (1939–1941)

Consul General in Cleveland

Hans Borchers (1926–1933)
Karl Kapp (1936–1941)

Consul General in Los Angeles

Georg Gyssling (1933–1941)

Consul General in New Orleans

Ernst Wendler (1934–1936)
Edgar von Spiegel von und zu Peckelsheim (1937–1941)

Consul General in New York

Hans Borchers (1933–1941)

Consul General in Philadelphia

Erich Windels (1939–1941)

Consul General in San Francisco

Fritz Wiedemann (1939–1941)

Consul General in San Juan

Henry Freese (-1941)

Consul General in St. Louis

Herbert Diel (-1941)

Venezuela

Franz von Tattenbach [de] (1932–1937)
Erwin Poensgen (1937–1941)

Yugoslavia

Viktor von Heeren (1933–1941)

From Tobias C. Bringmann (2001), Handbuch der Diplomatie, 1815–1963: Auswärtige Missionschefs in Deutschland und Deutsche Missionschefs im Ausland von Metternich bis Adenauer (in German), Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, pp. 20 f., ISBN 9783110956849

^ Fosty, George Robert; Fosty, Darril (July 30, 2020). Where Brave Men Fall: The Battle of Dieppe and the Espionage War Against Hitler, 1939-1942. Stryker-Indigo Publishing Company, Inc. New York. ISBN 9780965116848 – via Google Books.
^ German Intelligence Activities in China During World War II
^ ^a ^b Isphording, B.; Keiper, G.; Kröger, M. (2014). Biographisches Handbuch des deutschen Auswärtigen Dienstes 1871-1945. Band 5: T-Z, Nachträge (in German). Leiden: Ferdinand Schöningh. pp. 127 f.
^ Heim, Gabriel (July 23, 2020). "Dried Peas Instead of Gold Bars". Coins Weekly. Retrieved 31 August 2020.

[1] Fosty, George Robert; Fosty, Darril (July 30, 2020). Where Brave Men Fall: The Battle of Dieppe and the Espionage War Against Hitler, 1939-1942. Stryker-Indigo Publishing Company, Inc. New York. ISBN 9780965116848 – via Google Books.

[2] German Intelligence Activities in China During World War II

[:0-3] Isphording, B.; Keiper, G.; Kröger, M. (2014). Biographisches Handbuch des deutschen Auswärtigen Dienstes 1871-1945. Band 5: T-Z, Nachträge (in German). Leiden: Ferdinand Schöningh. pp. 127 f.

[Heim-4] Heim, Gabriel (July 23, 2020). "Dried Peas Instead of Gold Bars". Coins Weekly. Retrieved 31 August 2020.

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