Hans Freiherr von Wangenheim

Hans Freiherr von Wangenheim ( born July 4, 1859 in George Thal near Gotha, † October 25, 1915 in Constantine Opel ) was a German diplomat from the noble family of Wangenheim.

Among the items that are perceived by Wangenheim in the course of his diplomatic career, including the one before the German ambassador in Constantinople Opel from 1912 to 1915, immediately and in the early stages of the First World War. After his death, Paul Graf Wolff Metternich followed him to the canal in this position.

When the genocide broke out against Armenians, Wangenheim was initially reluctant to talk about the deportations and massacres of the Armenian minority of the Ottoman Empire. Finally, he gave in, saying that "there is no longer any doubt that she was trying Porte to destroy the Armenian race in the Turkish Empire. "

1902 by Wangenheim married Johanna ( " Hanna " ), Baroness of Spitzemberg ( 1877-1960 ), daughter of Baroness Spitzemberg.