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Heinrich Wolff, the then German Consul General of Jerusalem, refused a deal in 1934 with Amir Abdullah of Jordan to seek cooperation with Arab issues. [59] The German foreign office refused to arrange a meeting with the Syrian nationalist Shekib Arslan and Hitler, concluding that "Germany cannot support the Arabs with money or with arms."
After Nazi Germany started the Second World War the consulates closed. In 1965 official diplomatic relations were established between the 1948 founded Israel and the 1949 founded West Germany. Since there is a German embassy in Tel Aviv, and later, as its affiliates, honorary consulates opened in Haifa and Eilat.
Karl Friedrich Otto Wolff was born the son of a wealthy district court judge in Darmstadt on 13 May 1900. [2] During World War I he graduated from school in 1917, volunteered to join the Imperial German Army (Leibgarde-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 115) and served on the Western Front. [3]
In 1933, within weeks of Hitler's rise to power in Germany, the German Consul-General in Palestine, Heinrich Wolff, [84] [85] sent a telegram to Berlin reporting al-Husseini's belief that Palestinian Muslims were enthusiastic about the new regime and looked forward to the spread of Fascism throughout the region.
It also handled Himmler's personal correspondence and awarded decorations. Wolff managed Himmler's affairs with the Nazi Party, state agencies and personnel. [4] Following the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in 1942, Wolff fell out with Himmler and was replaced by Maximilian von Herff who served as its head until the end of the war.
Heinrich Wolff (1933–1935) Walter Döhle (1935–1939) Consul General in Montreal and Ottawa (relocated in 1937) L. Kempff (1922–1935) Henry Schafhausen (1935–1937) Erich Windels (1937–1939) Consul General in Pretoria. Friedrich Wilhelm von Keßler (1931–1933) Emil Wiehl (1933–1937) Rudolf Leitner (1937–1939) Consul General in ...
1649: Establishment of diplomatic relations. [1] [2] 1649–1696: Jonas Schrimpf (–1696) 1700–1706: August Christoph von Wackerbarth (1662–1734) 1706–1708: Wolff Heinrich Vesnich; 1708–1718: August Christoph von Wackerbarth (1662–1734)... 1722–1725: Johann Justus Terras (–1727) 1725–1727: François Joseph Wicardel de Fleury ...
While he prepared the expedition, Schäfer used the term "Schaefer Expedition 1938/1939" on his letterhead and to apply for sponsorship from businessmen. [3] The official expedition name had to be changed by order of the Ahnenerbe, however, to German Tibet-Expedition Ernst Schaefer (in capital letters), "under the patronage of the Reichsführer-SS Himmler and in connection with the Ahnenerbe ...