Rupprecht von Keller
Rupprecht von Keller ( 19 * March 1910 in Schoeneberg, † 19 July 2003 in Tutzing ) was a German diplomat in the period of National Socialism and the Federal Republic.
Life
Parents: Friedrich von Keller, - until his dismissal by the National Socialist government in 1935 as German Ambassador to the League of Nations in Geneva - and Irene from country man, - daughter of the Bavarian Minister of Education Robert Ritter von compatriot. School and high school in Ettal monastery boarding school, stays in Brussels and Buenos Aires; 1928-1931 Studied law in Lausanne and Munich and 1 state exam, then 1931-1935 traineeship in Munich and London and passing the second state exam. In Munich Keller is a member of the Catholic Student Association Rheno - Bavaria ( in CT ). After the seizure of power by the National Socialists, he joins the Marine SA in Bavaria, to secure his clerk court, exit 1935.
1936 after passing the entrance examination entrance to the Foreign Office (AA) and relocation to Berlin. 1937-1938, posting as attaché at the German representation in Helsinki, Finland. Subsequently, 1939-1940, Speaker, from time to time in the political department of the Foreign Office in Berlin. On April 1, 1940, he was a member of the NSDAP. He volunteered for the Navy to address inequalities and further investigation due to its non - Aryan origin. From 1940 to 1944, he serves as a lieutenant and adjutant of the last Commander in Chief of the Navy North in Norway, and from 1944 until the end of the war as a liaison officer to the OKW at the Foreign Office in Berlin and Garmisch -Partenkirchen. After internment of October 13, 1945 to March 31, 1946 by the Americans and the denazification he takes over in 1947 as a lawyer at the Nuremberg Trials High Command of the Wehrmacht, the defense of General Rudolf Lehmann, the defense of the Plenipotentiary of the IG Colors Georg von Schnitzler in the IG Farben process and also has a mandate in the legal process. In 1948 he is Secretary of the Committee for the unbundling of the IG Colors in the American and British occupation zone, based in Frankfurt am Main in 1949, he married Christa von Behr.
In 1950 he is appointed by the subsequent head of the personnel department of the AA, Wilhelm Haas in the organization office to rebuild the Foreign Office and Head of youth training. 1952 the change of position as Counsellor to Ankara and 1954 as Counsellor and Chargé d'Affaires to Spain ( 1954-1956). 1957 carried out the transfer back to Bonn as Head of the Legal Unit in the trade policy department of the AA. To this period belong the negotiations of several bilateral trade agreements, including with Malaysia, Iran, Pakistan, and various African countries. 1964 - 1969 he was appointed first observer with the rank of ambassador to the United Nations and representative office in their sub- organizations in Geneva and is accredited from 1966 at the same time as Consul General for the cantons of Geneva, Vaud and Valais. After his transfer back to Bonn in 1969 he acts as Deputy Head of the Legal Department of the Foreign Office. In August 1972, was appointed Ambassador to Canada and applies this office until his adoption into retirement in 1975. End of his life he spends up to his death in 2003 at the family home on Lake Starnberg. 1965 him the Great Cross of Merit is awarded with Star of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. Two children: Dr. Eugen von Keller ( born 1950 ) and Cordula von Keller ( born 1958 )