# List of ambassadors of Nazi Germany

The German foreign office (Auswärtiges Amt (AA)) had a sizable network of diplomatic missions when Nazis came to power in 1933. While it was a deeply traditional and elitist organisation within the German civil service, it enthusiastically helped the Nazis prosecute an ambitious foreign policy.
Listed here are the ambassadors and other senior diplomats of the AA during the Third Reich, including those with the ranks of envoy (Gesandter), ambassador (Botschafter) consul and consul general as well as chargé d'affaires (Geschäftsträger)
Abyssinia
* Wilhelm Albrecht von Schoen [de] (1932–1935)
* Hans Kirchholtes [de] (1935–1936)
Afghanistan
* Kurt Max Paul Ziemke [de] (1933–1936)
* Hans Pilger [de] (1937–1945)
Albania
* Erich von Luckwald [de] (1930–1936)
* Eberhard von Pannwitz [de] (1936–1941)
* Martin Schliep [de] (1941–1944)
Argentina
* Edmund Freiherr von Thermann [de] (1933–1942)
* Erich Otto Meynen [de] (1942–1944)
Austria
* Kurt Rieth (1931–1934)
* Franz von Papen (1934–1938)
Belgium
* Hugo Graf von und zu Lerchenfeld auf Köfering und Schönberg (1931–1934)
* Raban Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden [de] (1934–1936)
* Herbert von Richthofen [de] (1936–1938)
* Vicco von Bülow-Schwante [de] (1938–1940)
* Werner von Bargen [de] (1940–1943)
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (Envoy)
* Werner Gerlach [de] (1942–1943)
* Erich von Luckwald [de] (1943–1945)
Bolivia
* Maximilian König (1932–1936)
* Ernst Wendler (1938–1942)
Brazil
* Arthur Schmidt-Elskop [de] (1933–1937)
* Karl Ritter (1937–1938)
* Curt Max Prüfer (1939–1942)
Bulgaria
* Eugen Rümelin (1923–1939)
* Herbert von Richthofen (1939–1941)
* Adolf-Heinz Beckerle (1941–1944)
Chile
* Hans Kurd von Reiswitz und Kaderzin (1932–1934)
* Wilhelm Albrecht von Schoen [de] (1936–1943)
China and the Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China
* Oskar Trautmann (1935–1938)
* Heinrich Georg Stahmer (1941–1943)
* Ernst Woermann (1943–1945)
Consul General in Canton
* Felix Alternburg (1934–1938)
* Franz Siebert (1939–1945)
Consul General in Hankou
Consul in Jinan
Consul General in Nanjing
Consul in Qingdao
Consul General in Shanghai
* Hermann Kriebel (1934–1937)
* Martin Fischer [de] (1939–1945)
* Walther Dietrich Hoops (1945)
Consul General in Tienstin
* Wilhelm Stoller [de] (1936–1941)
* Fritz Wiedemann (1941–1945)
Colombia
* Erdmann Karl Maria von Podewils-Dürniz (1928–1934)
* Werner von Hentig (1934–1936)
* Wolfgang Dittler (1936–1941)
Croatia, Independent State of
* Hermann Neubacher (1941–1941)
* Siegfried Kasche (1941–1945)
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
* Walter Koch (1920–1935)
* Ernst Eisenlohr (1935–1938)
* Andor Hencke [de] (1938–1939)
Danzig, Free City of
* Erich von Luckwald [de] (1933–1936)
* Otto von Radowitz [de] (1936–1938)
* Martin von Janson (1938–1939)
Denmark
* Herbert Freiherr von Richthofen (1930–1936)
* Cécil von Renthe-Fink (1936–1942)
* Werner Best (1942–1945)
Ecuador
* Karl Pistor (1932–1936)
* Eugen Klee (1936–1942)
Egypt
Estonia
* Otto Reinebeck (1932–1936)
* Hans Frohwein (1936–1940)
Finland
* Hans Büsing (1932–1935)
* Wipert von Blücher (1935–1944)
France
* Roland Köster (1933–1936)
* Johannes von Welczeck (1936–1939)
* Otto Abetz (1940–1944) ambassador
* invested by Germany
Consul General in Algiers
* Erich Windels (1926–1934)
* Hermann Terdenge (1934–1937)
* Johannes Erhard Richter (1937–1939)
Consul General in Damascus
* Hans Kirchholtes [de] (1934–1935)
* Ferdinand Sailer (1935–1939)
Consul in Hanoi
* Wilhelm Stoller [de] (1928–1936)
* Neumann (1941–1942)
Consul General in Marseille
Greece
* Ernst Eisenlohr (1931–1936)
* Victor zu Erbach-Schönberg [de] (1936–1941)
Guatemala
* Wilhelm von Kuhlmann (1924–1934)
* Erich Kraske (1934–1936)
* Otto Reinebeck (1937–1941)
* Christian Zinsser (1941)
* Franz Ferring [de] (1941)
Holy See
* Diego von Bergen (1920–1943)
* Ernst von Weizsäcker (1943–1945)
Hungary
* Hans Georg von Mackensen (1933–1937)
* Otto von Erdmannsdorff (1937–1941)
* Dietrich von Jagow (1941–1944)
* Edmund Veesenmayer (1944–1945)
Iceland
Iraq
Ireland
* Georg Dehn-Schmidt (1923–1934)
* Wilhelm von Kuhlmann (1934–1937)
* Eduard Hempel (1937–1945)
Italy and the Italian Social Republic
* Ulrich von Hassell (1932–1938)
* Hans Georg von Mackensen (1938–1942)
* Rudolf Rahn (1942–1944)
Consul General in Genoa
Consul General in Milan
* Otto Bene [de] (1937–1939)
* Walther Wüster [de] (1940)
* Hans Bernard [de] (1940–1941)
Consul General in Naples
Consul General in Tripoli
Japan
* Herbert von Dirksen (1933–1938)
* Willy Noebel (1938)
* Eugen Ott (1938–1942)
* Heinrich Georg Stahmer (1943–1945)
Consul General in Kobe
* Wagner (-1938)
* August Balser (1938–1945)
Consul General in Yokohama
* Menne (-1943)
* Heinrich Seelheim (1943–1945)
Latvia
* Georg Martius (1932–1934)
* Eckhard von Schack (1934–1938)
* Hans Ulrich von Kotze (1938–1941)
Lithuania
Luxembourg
* Werner Freiherr von Ow-Wachendorf (1931–1934)
* Erdmann Graf von Podewilz-Dürniz (1934–1936)
* Otto von Radowitz (1936–1940)
Manchukuo
Consul General in Mukden
Consul General in Dairen
Mexico
Monaco
Netherlands
* Julius von Zech-Burkersroda (1928–1940)
* Otto Bene (1940–1945)
Consul General in Batavia
Nicaragua
Norway
* Heinrich Rohland (1934–1936)
* Heinrich Sahm (1936–1939)
* Curt Bräuer (1939–1940)
Paraguay
* Fritz Max Weiss (1933–1934)
* Erhard Graf von Wedel (1934–1937)
* Hans Büsing (1937–1942)
Persia/Iran
* Wipert von Blücher (1931–1935)
* Johann Smend (1935–1939)
* Erwin Ettel [de] (1939–1941)
Peru
* Heinrich Rohland (1924–1934)
* Ernst Schmitt (1934–1938)
* Eduard Willy Noebel (1938–1942)
Poland
Portugal
* Hans Freytag 1933–1934
* Oswald Baron von Hoyningen-Huene 1934–1945
* Gustav Adolph von Halem (1945)
Romania
* Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg (1931–1934)
* Georg von Dehn-Schmidt (1934–1935)
* Wilhelm Fabricius (1936–1940)
* Manfred von Killinger (1941–1944)
* Carl August Clodius [de] (1944)
Saudi Arabia
Slovak Republic
* Hans Bernard [de] (1939–1940)
* Manfred von Killinger (1940)
* Hanns Ludin (1941–1945)
Spain
* Count Johannes von Welczeck (1925–1936)
* Hans_Hermann_Völckers [de] (1933–1936)
* Wilhelm Faupel (1936–1937)
* Eberhard von Stohrer (1937–1942)
* Hans-Adolf von Moltke (1943)
* Andor Hencke [de] (1943)
* Hans-Heinrich Dieckhoff (1943–1944)
* Sigismund von Bibra (1944–1945)
Consul General in Barcelona
Consul in Vigo
Sweden
* Viktor zu Wied (1933–1943)
* Hans Thomsen (1943–1945)
Switzerland
* Freiherr von Schauenburg-Herrlisheim (-1920)
* Hans Borchers (1920–1933)
* Ernst von Weizsäcker (1933–1937)
* Otto Carl Köcher (1937–1945)
Tangier International Zone
Thailand
* Erich August Karl Nord (1933–1935)
* Wilhelm Thomas [de] (1936–1941)
* Ernst Wendler (1943–1945)
Turkey
* Rudolf Nadolny (1928–1933)
* Hans von Rosenberg (1933–1935)
* Friedrich von Keller (1935–1938)
* Franz von Papen (1939–1944)
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics
* Herbert von Dirksen (1928–1933)
* Rudolf Nadolny (1933–1934)
* Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg (1934–1941)
Consul General in Batum
United Kingdom
* Leopold von Hoesch (1932–1936)
* Joachim von Ribbentrop (1936–1938)
* Herbert von Dirksen (1938–1939)
Consul General in Calcutta
* Werner von Ow-Wachendorf (1933–1936)
* Erdmann von Podewils-Dürnitz (1936–1939)
Consul General in Hong Kong
Consul General in Jerusalem
* Heinrich Wolff [de] (1933–1935)
* Walter Döhle [de] (1935–1939)
Consul General in Montreal and Ottawa (relocated in 1937)
* Ludwig 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 Singapore
* Walther Maenns (1931–1938)
* Adolf von Windecker (1938–1939)
Consul General in Sydney
Consul General in Wellington
United States
* Hans Luther (1933–1937)
* Hans-Heinrich Dieckhoff (1937–1938)
* Hans Thomsen (1938–1941)
Consul in Boston
Consul in Chicago
Consul General in Cleveland
* Hans Borchers (1926–1933)
* Karl Kapp (1936–1941)
Consul General in Los Angeles
Consul General in New Orleans
* Ernst Wendler (1934–1936)
* Edgar von Spiegel von und zu Peckelsheim (1937–1941)
Consul General in New York
Consul General in Philadelphia
Consul General in San Francisco
Consul General in San Juan
Consul General in St. Louis
Venezuela
* Franz von Tattenbach [de] (1932–1937)
* Erwin Poensgen (1937–1941)
Yugoslavia
From Tobias C. Bringmann (2001), Handbuch der Diplomatie, 1815–1963: Auswärtige Missionschefs in Deutschland und Deutsche Missionschefs im Ausland von Metternich bis Adenauer (in German), Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, pp. 20 f., ISBN 9783110956849