Oskar Trautmann (7 May 1877 – 10 December 1950) was a German diplomat and writer.

Diplomatic career

In 1904, Trautmann entered the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1905 he was appointed Vice Consul in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 1907 he served as Secretary of the German delegation to the

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. In 1911 he left his position in St. Petersburg and joined manpower division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1913 was appointed Consul General in

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, Switzerland. After the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

, he filled positions that were related to the Far East. In 1921 was appointed Consul General in

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, Japan. In 1922 was appointed Councillor of the Embassy in Tokyo. Between 1935-1938 he served as Ambassador to China, serving in Nanjing, where he attempted to mediate the

2nd Sino-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) or War of Resistance (Chinese term) was a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war made up the Chinese theater of the wider Pacific Thea ...

Works

* Trautmann, Oskar, ''Der Diplomat - Der Konsul'' (Berlin: Lehrmittelzentralt d. DAF. 1938)
"Russia and the Great War 1914-1917" ''The XX Century'' (journal published in Shanghai)
* Mitter, Rana. ''Forgotten Ally: China's World War II, 1937-1945''. 2013.

Sources

* Brief biography at the Bundesarchiv (German

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