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Rudolf Nadolny
Rudolf Nadolny in 1917
Born	(1873-07-12)12 July 1873 Groß Stürlack, East Prussia, German Empire
Died	18 May 1953(1953-05-18) (aged 79) Düsseldorf-Benrath, Germany
Nationality	German
Occupation	Diplomat
Children	Burkard Nadolny

Rudolf Nadolny (12 July 1873 – 18 May 1953) was a German diplomat.

Biography

Nadolny was born in Groß Stürlack, East Prussia (modern Sterławki Wielkie, Poland) to Heinrich (1847–1944) and Agnes Nadolny née Trinker (1847–1910). His father's family had been landowners in East Prussia since the 14th century. His mothers ancestors were protestant exilees from Salzburg

Nadolny passed his Abitur at the gymnasium (school) of Rastenburg in 1892 and studied law at the University of Königsberg. Nadolny joined the German diplomatic service in 1902 and was deployed in St. Petersburg in 1903 -1907 where he witnessed the Russian Revolution of 1905 and the Russo-Japanese War. Nadolny was then sent to Persia, Bosnia and Albania.

In World War I Nadolny led the section "politics" of the German General Staff. In July 1916 he became the German chargé d'affair in Persia but returned to Germany in November 1917 to serve as the acting head of the Eastern department of the German Foreign Office. As such Nadolny took part in the negotiations which led to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.

At the end of World War I he was the Foreign Office's representative at the Office of the German President. Since January 1920 he led the German legation in Stockholm and became German ambassador to Turkey in May 1924.

From February 1932 to October 1933 Nadolny was the head of the German delegation at the World Disarmament Conference in Geneva. In November 1928, after the death of Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau, the German ambassador in Moscow, Nadolny applied for this post but his efforts were vetoed by Gustav Stresemann. However, Nadolny became the German ambassador to the Soviet Union in autumn 1933. His attempts to enhance the German-Soviet relations on the basis of the Treaty of Rapallo (1922) were largely unsuccessful as this contradicted Adolf Hitler's policy. In a conference with Hitler, Nadolny pointed out, that from his view close ties with Russia were of essential interest, while Hitler rejected any compromise with bolshevism. The meeting, which was desribed as a "stormy one", ended with Hitler declaring the conversation finished while Nadolny answered that "the conversation had just begun". On another occasion he talked to Hitler as "Herr Reichskanler", opposed to the common "Mein Führer" and refused to use the Nazi salute. Nadolny resigned on 16 June 1934 and worked as an administrator of an estate. In World War II he served as a Captain and later Major at the Wehrmacht's High Command and in Admiral Canaris' staff.

In 1945 Nadolny, without a compromising party affiliation, became President of the German Red Cross and was active in the "Society for the German reunification" and the "German Unity Association". With the growing tensions between the Western Allies and the Soviets, Nadolny was sometimes seen as a Soviet agent and generally mistrusted.

Throughout the Blockade of Berlin in 1948/49 Nadolny moved to West Germany and died in 1953 in Düsseldorf.

Family

Nadolny married Änny Matthiessen (1882-1977) in 1905. Burkard Nadolny (1905–68) was their son, Sten Nadolny their grandson.

References

1. ^ "Biography" (in German). Neue Deutsche Biographie.
2. "Biography" (in German). Bundesarchiv.
3. Adams, Jefferson (2009). Historical Dictionary of German Intelligence. Rowman&Littlefield. p. 315. ISBN 978-0-8108-5543-4.
4. Craig, Gordon A.; Gilbert, Felix (1994). The diplomats, 1919-1939. Princeton University Press. p. 417.
5. ^ "Die Lieb' zum Vaterland" (in German). Der Spiegel. 4/1951. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)

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• 1873 births
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• People from Giżycko County
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• German diplomats
• German military personnel of World War I
• Ambassadors of Germany to the Soviet Union
• Ambassadors of Germany to Turkey