Wipert von Blücher

Wipert von Blücher (14 July 1883 – 18 January 1963) was a German diplomat and the German ambassador to Finland from 12 May 1935 to late 1944. He was a doctor of law by education.

Education and career Von Blücher was the son of the finance minister of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Ulrich-Vicco von Blücher. He studied law at the universities of Heidelberg, Berlin, Munich and Rostock and entered the German foreign service in 1911. Wipert von Blücher served in World War I and entered the Foreign Office of Germany in 1918. He served in diplomatic duties in Spanish Morocco, Stockholm, Buenos Aires and was appointed envoy to Tehran in 1931 and to Helsinki in 1935, a post he held until the severance of German-Finnish diplomatic relations in September 1944.

Political stance and National Socialism Politically, von Blücher was a national conservative, sceptical of both the Weimar Republic and Nazism.

Selected works Zeitenwende in Iran. Erlebnisse und Beobachtungen (Biberach 1949) Gesandter zwischen Diktatur und Demokratie. Erinnerungen aus den Jahren 1935–1944 (Wiesbaden 1951; Finnish and Swedish translations 1950) Deutschlands Weg nach Rapallo. Erinnerungen eines Mannes aus dem zweiten Gliede (Wiesbaden 1951) Wege und Irrwege der Diplomatie (Wiesbaden 1953; Finnish translation 1953) Am Rande der Weltgeschichte. Marokko – Schweden – Argentinien (Wiesbaden 1958)