Emil Wiehl

Emil Wiehl
Photograph of Wiehl
German Ambassador to South Africa
In office
1933–1937
Preceded byFriedrich Wilhelm von Keßler
Succeeded byRudolf Leitner
Personal details
Born
Emil Karl Joseph Wiehl

(1886-02-22)22 February 1886
Walldürn
Died9 November 1960(1960-11-09) (aged 74)
Campo Grande, Lisbon
EducationUniversity of Heidelberg, University of Berlin, University of Freiburg
AwardsOrder of the Lion of Finland

Emil Karl Joseph Wiehl (22 February 1886 – 9 November 1960) was a German diplomat .

Early life

Wiehl was born on 22 February 1886 in Walldürn, a town in the Neckar-Odenwald district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He was the son of a presiding judge at a regional court.[1]

After graduating from high school in Karlsruhe, Wiehl studied law at the Universities of Heidelberg, Berlin and Freiburg. In 1906 he became a member of the Corps Suevia in Heidelberg.[1]

Career

After completing his studies, he entered the Baden judicial service, initially as a legal trainee and, from 1913, as a court assessor. He served in World War I as a reserve Lieutenant in Field Artillery Regiment No. 51. He received the Iron Cross, 2nd and 1st Class, as well as the Wound Badge (in silver). After the end of the war, he returned to the Baden judicial service as a public prosecutor in Konstanz.

Diplomatic service

In 1920, Wiehl moved to the Foreign Service. From 1921 to 1922, he was legation secretary at the Embassy of Germany, London. From 1925 to 1927, he worked as a legation councilor at the Embassy of Germany, Washington, D.C.[2] From 1927 to 1928, he was German Consul General in San Francisco. In 1928, he returned to the Foreign Office in Berlin, where he was appointed Legation Councilor in 1929. From 1933 to 1937, he was Consul General and chargé d'affaires in Pretoria.[3] On April 1, 1934, he joined the NSDAP.[4]

From 1937 to 1944, he was Ministerial Director in Berlin,[5] and head of the Trade Policy department.[6][7] In this role, he negotiated a trade deal with Soviet Russia.[8]

In April 1945, Wiehl fled to Switzerland and, from there, to Argentina in 1949. In March 1952, he returned to Germany. From September 1956 until his death, he was based in Lisbon.[9]

Personal life

Wiehl died on 9 November 1960 at Campo Grande in Lisbon.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Killy, Walther; Vierhaus, Rudolf (30 November 2011). Thibaut - Zycha. Walter de Gruyter. p. 505. ISBN 978-3-11-096116-4. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  2. ^ "EMIL WIEHL". The Gothenburg Times. 18 Mar 1925. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  3. ^ Amt, Germany Auswärtiges (1962). Documents on German Foreign Policy 1918-1945: April 1935-March 1936. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 83. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  4. ^ Kleynhans, Evert (16 April 2021). Hitler's Spies: Secret Agents and the Intelligence War in South Africa. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 22. ISBN 978-1-77619-021-8. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  5. ^ "REICH AND FRANCE TO SIGN ANTI-WAR TREATY TODAY; PARIS FIRM TOWARD ROME; RIBBENTROP ON WAY Big Delegation to Paris Indicates Wide Talks Besides Ceremony ITALIAN MOVE IS OPPOSED Daladier, Announcing Visits to Tunisia and Corsica, Insists on Respect for Territory Ready to Complete Accord New Treaty Is Different REICH AND FRANCE SIGN TREATY TODAY Friendlier Press Desired France Ready to Talk Ribbentrop Leaves Berlin". The New York Times. 6 December 1938. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  6. ^ Schmider, Klaus H. (28 January 2021). Hitler's Fatal Miscalculation: Why Germany Declared War on the United States. Cambridge University Press. p. 180. ISBN 978-1-108-89032-8. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  7. ^ Broich, John (7 May 2019). Blood, Oil and the Axis: The Allied Resistance Against a Fascist State in Iraq and the Levant, 1941. Abrams. p. 371. ISBN 978-1-4683-1401-4. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  8. ^ "NAZI TRADE DEAL ON WITH RUSSIA". Spokane Chronicle. 19 Dec 1940. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  9. ^ Kimmich, Christoph M. (2013). German Foreign Policy, 1918-1945: A Guide to Current Research and Resources. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-8108-8445-8. Retrieved 2 February 2024.