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Gerold Braunmühl
Gerold von Braunmühl (15 September 1935 – 10 October 1986) was a senior West German diplomat who was assassinated in 1986 by the West Germany, German far-left guerrilla group, the Red Army Faction (RAF). Life and work Gerold von Braunmühl came from a noble family of Swabian origin. Born in the then-German city of Breslau, he grew up in Mainz and attended the Rabanus-Maurus-Gymnasium. Braunmühl studied law at the University of Mainz and earned a doctorate in 1963. In 1964, he married Hilde, daughter of a professor of medicine at Alice Hospital in Mainz. Subsequently, he studied International Relations at the School of Advanced International Studies of The Johns Hopkins University SAIS Europe, Johns Hopkins University in Bologna (1964–1965) as well as at their main campus in Washington, DC (1965–1966), and graduated with a Master's degree. Activity in the Foreign Office In 1966, Braunmühl joined the Foreign Service and worked as an attaché at the West German Embassy in Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West German
West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republic after its capital city of Bonn, or as the Second German Republic. During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc. West Germany was formed as a political entity during the Allied occupation of Germany after World War II, established from 12 states formed in the three Allied zones of occupation held by the United States, the United Kingdom, and France. At the onset of the Cold War, Europe was divided between the Western and Eastern blocs. Germany was divided into the two countries. Initially, West Germany claimed an exclusive mandate for all of Germany, representing itself as the sole democratically reorganised continuation of the 1871–1945 German Reich. Three southwestern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
