Georg von Manteuffel-Szoege
Georg Baron von Manteuffel-Szoege (7 March 1889 – 8 June 1962) was a German politician.
Life and career
Manteuffel-Szoege was born in Montreux (Switzerland) to Georg von Manteuffel (1862–1919) and Sophie née von Rüdiger (1866–1949).[1] His Baltic-German family owned estates in a size of about 20,000 ha in the Baltic provinces of Russia including the manor of Katzdangen (Kazdanga, Latvia).[2] His father was killed by Latvian Riflemen in 1919.[3]
He visited school in Riga and studied national economics, History and Philosophy at the Universities of Halle and Heidelberg in 1909-1913. He passed his doctorate in 1913 and worked at the Kurländische Kreditverein (Mitau) in 1914/15, as a Secretary at the delegation of the Kurländische Ritterschaft in Berlin and for a Cooperative in Posen (Poznan). In 1918 he volunteered the Baltische Landeswehr and was a member of the Baltic National Committee of the United Baltic Duchy.[3]
In 1921-1939 Manteuffel worked at his maternal family estate of Zabłudów near Białystok and was a member of the executive board of the Baltische Arbeitsgemeinschaft (Baltic Committee) in Berlin in 1925-39. In 1935-1939 he was a teacher for East European History and Economy at the Auslandshochschule (Foreign College) Berlin. After a short time in the German Foreign Office in 1940-42, he returned to Zabłudów until 1945.[3]
After World War II he was expelled from Poland and started to work as a peasant in Niederbayern. In 1950 he became the President of the Hauptamt für Soforthilfe (Main Office for immediate aid) and chairman of the Deutsch-Baltische Gesellschaft. In 1953 he was elected a member of the Bundestag, representing the Bavarian CSU, a position he held until his death, and became the head of the Association of Refugee Organisations (Verband der Landsmannschaften) in 1954. In 1957-59 he was next to Linus Kather the equal-ranking head of the Federation of Expellees.[4]
Manteuffel-Szoege was married to Maria née von Bonin (1918–26), Dorothea née von Behr-Ubja (1933–54) and Gretlies née von Schilling (1954–62). He died in Bad Godesberg.[1]
Awards
Publications
- Geschichte des polnischen Volkes während seiner Unfreiheit 1742-1914, Berlin, Duncker&Humblot, 1950.
References
External links
- Georg von Manteuffel-Szoege in the German National Library catalogue
