Gero von Schulze-Gaevernitz

Gero von Schulze- Gaevernitz ( born September 27, 1901 in Freiburg im Breisgau, † April 6, 1970 in the Canary Islands ) was a German economist.

Life

Schulze- Gaevernitz his doctorate in 1923 at the University of Frankfurt on the credit policy of England during and after the war from 1914 to 1921. The work appeared in 1924 as a book, probably slightly expanded, and in 1980 reissued as an eBook. During the Second World War he was the right hand Allen Welsh Dulles in Bern. In 1945 he received the U.S. Medal of Freedom in recognition of his skillful negotiations in Ascona ( Switzerland ), which led to the surrender of a million German troops in Italy - Crossword operation. He was the son of Gerhart von Schulze- Gaevernitz, professor of economics at the University of Freiburg and member of the Weimar National Assembly. His mother was Johanna Hirsch ( * May 23, 1876 in Mannheim, † 1938 in Ascona ).

Gero von Schulze- Gaevernitz had two sisters. Ruth Gaevernitz ( born June 12, 1898 in Freiburg im Breisgau, † July 26, 1993 in London) was a British historian, Margiana by Schulze - Gaevernitz ( born July 5, 1904 in Freiburg im Breisgau, † 1989 in Gstaad) was married to Edmund Stinnes.