Foreign Office Berlin Auswärtiges Amt

The German Foreign Office, “Auswärtiges Amt,” was the state ministry responsible for carrying out the foreign policy of the government. It established embassies and consulates in foreign countries, including in France. From 1933 onwards, the German Foreign Office played an integral role in Nazi anti-Jewish policies and the Holocaust. Since 1938, Joachim von Ribbentrop took over as German Foreign Minister.

The German Foreign Office, particularily the German Embassy in Paris, played a major role in negotiating and organizing the purchase of the Schloss collection for the Linz Museum (“Sonderauftrag Linz”).

For more information, please see: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. “The German Foreign Office and the Holocaust.” Holocaust Encyclopedia. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-german-foreign-office-and-the-holocaust. Accessed 2 June 2021.