Ernst von Weizsäcker

Politician

1881 – 1951

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Who was Ernst von Weizsäcker?

Ernst Freiherr von Weizsäcker was a German diplomat and politician. He served as State Secretary at the Foreign Office of Nazi Germany from 1938 to 1943, and as its Ambassador to the Holy See from 1943 to 1945. He was a member of the prominent Weizsäcker family, and the father of German President Richard von Weizsäcker and physicist and philosopher Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker.

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Born
May 25, 1881
Stuttgart
Also known as
  • Ernst von Weizsacker
Children
Nationality
  • Germany
Died
Aug 4, 1951
Lindau

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on July 23, 2013

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