Berndt von Staden

Berndt Robert Alexander Michael von Staden (24 June 1919 – 17 October 2014) was a German diplomat who was the West German Ambassador to the United States from 1973 until 1979.

Life

Von Staden grew up as a Baltic German in Tallinn, Estonia. He studied law in Bonn and Hamburg. In 1951, he joined the Foreign Office.

He was head of the Consular Section of the West German Embassy in Brussels, from 1953 to 1955. In 1958, he was posted to the Commission of the European Economic Community. In 1961, he married Wendelgard, Freiin von Neurath (1925 –2026). In 1963, he was Counsellor at the West German Embassy in Washington. Then he was Head of Political Department of the Foreign Office in Bonn. Von Staden was given the 1979 Trainor Award.

Works

Zwischen Eiszeit und Tauwetter, Diplomatie in einer Epoche des Umbruchs. Erinnerungen, wjs, Berlin 2005, Erinnerungen aus der Vorzeit: Eine Jugend im Baltikum 1919–1939, Siedler, Berlin 1999, Ende und Anfang, Erinnerungen 1939–1963, iPa, Vaihingen/Enz 2001,