Oskar Trautmann

Paul Oskar Trautmann ( born May 7, 1877 in Stradow, † December 10, 1950 in Schlichow ) was a German diplomat.

Life

After studying law Trautmann 1904 employees at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin and was promoted 1907 to 1914 as Vice Consul in Saint Petersburg. In the peace negotiations he was 1920 Press Reference in spa. In 1921 he was Consul General for Kobe in Japan and 1922 Counsellor in Tokyo. From 1926 to 1931 he worked as Deputy Director and Head of the Eastern Department of the Foreign Office in Berlin.

As of 1931, Trautmann envoy and ambassador in Beijing and also a board member of the Chinese-German cultural and economic association. In 1935, he was ambassador in Nanjing, but only for a short time after he took office it came to the Sino-Japanese war. The then German East Asia policy was very fickle and to the Chinese government noticed Trautmann on January 27, 1937:

" In a nutshell, our East Asia policy can not bring. She moves in pendulum swings again to the Chinese, sometimes to the Japanese side, and the strong knocking on the one side creates resentment on the other. "

With the escalation of the conflict in Nanjing, he tried to intervene and arbitrate played the role of mediator in the negotiations on a non-violent as possible surrender of the city. This failed, however, and on 13 December 1937, it the Nanjing Massacre.

Trautmann in 1938 was recalled from Nanjing and was forced to leave China. 1942 was followed by the retirement.

Publications

Are from the years 1905-1937 numerous documents and correspondence on foreign policy issues, including Relations with the Soviet Union, East Asia policy, economic and political situation in China; Speeches and essays Trautmann; Private correspondence; Receive newspaper clippings and viewed in the Federal Archives. Trautmann also translated from Russian.

In the Soviet Occupation Zone Trautmann's been added to the list of proscribed literature The Diplomat, The Consul (1938).

Works

• The urban school deputation in Prussia and the Ministerialinstruktion from June 26, 1811 In: . Archive for Public Law, Tübingen 1905, pp. 536-589. Digitalisat
• The question of the destruction of neutral prizes and their discussion at the Hague and the London Conference. In: Archives of Public Law, Tübingen 1910, pp. 513-562. Digitalisat
• Letter Oskar Trautmann to Hans Jonas, April 30, 1930
• The diplomat, Consul. Teaching Aids Centre d DAF. Berlin 1938.
• The singers bridge. Thoughts on Russian foreign policy from 1870 to 1914. Union, Stuttgart 1940.
• The man in time. A breviary. Union, Stuttgart 1947.
• The Return of God. A literary essay on the relationship of modern man to religion. Koehler, Stuttgart 1949