Karl von Luxburg (10 May 1872 in

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– 2 April 1956 in

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) was

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chargé d'affaires at Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1917, during

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Incident

In the summer of 1917, Luxburg sent secret dispatches to

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through the

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legation via Stockholm, which were made public by

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. These dispatches urged that certain neutral Argentine ships should be “spurlos versenkt” — destroyed without a trace. They also revealed a plot to violate Brazilian sovereignty by consolidating the German settlement in Brazil. The publication of the documents resulted in the dismissal of Count Luxburg from Argentina, and the virtual entrance of Argentina into the war. Luxburg was also Minister to

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, and on his dismissal from Argentina, he asked for a passport to Montevideo instead of to Berlin.

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* 1872 births 1956 deaths People from Würzburg Ambassadors of Germany to Argentina Ambassadors of Germany to Uruguay {{Germany-diplomat-stub