Wilhelm Hausenstein
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Wilhelm Hausenstein (17 June 1882 – 3 June 1957) was a German politician, writer, journalist, art critic, historian and diplomat.[1] He was the first German ambassador to France following World War II.[1]
Hausenstein was born in Hornberg, and after attending the gymnasium in Karlsruhe, he studied in Heidelberg, Tübingen and Munich.[1] After divorcing his first wife Marga, he married in 1919 the Jewish widow Margot Kohn (1890-1997).
Wilhelm Hausenstein worked at the Frankfurter Zeitung until it was banned by the Nazis in 1943.
Bibliography[]
- Theodor Heuss, Privatier und Elder Statesman. Edited by Frieder Günther, p. 555 et al.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Robert Minder (1969), "Hausenstein, Wilhelm", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), 8, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 113–115; (full text online)
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- 1882 births
- 1957 deaths
- Ambassadors of Germany to France
- German art historians
- German male journalists
- Grand Crosses with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- People from Hornberg
- Heidelberg University alumni
- German male writers
- 20th-century German journalists
- German diplomat stubs