Count Julius von Zech-Burkersroda

Julius Graf von Zech - Burkersroda ( born February 7, 1885 in Dresden, † January 19, 1946 in Bautzen ) was a German diplomat.

Life

As the son of Ludwig von Zech (1853-1927), of the manor owner of Börln the Kingdom of Saxony, he began studying law at the University of Leipzig, which he continued in Heidelberg, Berlin and Halle. In 1904 he became a member of Corps Saxo - Borussia Heidelberg.

After graduating, he entered the diplomatic service in 1909 in Prussia, and in 1914 became adjutant of the German Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann -Hollweg.

1917, Graf von Zech - Burkersroda as an envoy of Prussia to Munich and 1922 to Helsingfors. Since 1925 he worked in the subdivision Southeast Europe of the Foreign Office before ambassador in The Hague in 1928. This office he held until the German occupation of the Netherlands in 1940.

After the end of World War II Graf was arrested by Zech - Burkersroda by representatives of the Soviet occupation and expropriated his castle in Börln. He came into the Special Camp No. 4 Bautzen, where he died in the winter of 1946. A plaque located in Eulau.