How to Pronounce Friedrich Wilhelm von Prittwitz und Gaffron
#50
Most Popular
Boost
Sep 01, 1884 Stuttgart, Baden Württemberg, Germany Died on 01 Sep 1955 (aged 71)
German diplomat
VirgoFriedrich Wilhelm Von Prittwitz Und Gaffron - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
Friedrich Wilhelm Von Prittwitz Und Gaffron, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Family, Facts, Age, Net Worth, Biography and More in FamedBorn.com
About Friedrich Wilhelm Von Prittwitz Und Gaffron
- Friedrich Wilhelm von Prittwitz und Gaffron (1 September 1884 – 1 September 1955) was a German Ambassador to the United States under the Weimar Republic, from 1928 until April 14, 1933.
- He was in office at the time that Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany, and resigned from the diplomatic corps in protest the day after Hitler was appointed Chancellor.
- He had hosted German playwright Lion Feuchtwanger at a dinner that day.
- On the day of his resignation, Prittwitz called Feuchtwanger and recommended that he not return to Germany.
- In 1945 he was a founding member of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, and he served as a member of the Parliament of Bavaria from 1946 to 1954.
