Thalberg, Hans, 1916-2003

LC control no.	n 83154031
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Thalberg, Hans, 1916-2003 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Thalberg, Hans J., 1916-2003 Thalberg, H., 1916-2003
Biography/History note	Hans Thalberg (b. May 4, 1916, Vienna, Austria-d. July 15, 2003) was an Austrian diplomat and resistance fighter during World War II. Thalberg escaped Vienna in 1938, eventually arriving in Switzerland in 1942. There he founded a small group called Exile Club Austria that established contacts within émigré groups and participated in resistance activities. Thalberg returned to Austria after the war and began his diplomatic career in 1946. He was sent to Washington, D.C. where he was in charge of press and culture at the Austrian Embassy. Thalberg led the Austrian delegation in Berlin for the International Atomic Energy Agency from 1958 to 1962. He worked as head of the Department of Documentation and Information for the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1962 to 1966. In 1966 he became Austrian Ambassador to Mexico, in 1971 he was appointed Ambassador to China, and from 1975 to 1981 he was Ambassador to Switzerland. After his retirement from foreign service Thalberg became head of the Austrian Institute for International Affairs. His daughter is Jacqueline Thalberg. He is interred at Döblinger Friedhof Cemetery in Vienna, Austria.
Associated place	Döblinger Friedhof (Vienna, Austria)
Located	Switzerland Washington (D.C.) Berlin (Germany) Mexico China
Birth date	1916-05-04
Death date	2003-07-15
Place of birth	Vienna (Austria)
Field of activity	Diplomacy
Affiliation	Exile Club Austria Austria. Botschaft (U.S.) International Atomic Energy Agency Austria. Botschaft (Mexico) Austria. Botschaft (China) Austria. Botschaft. (Switzerland) Austria. Bundesministerium für Auswärtige Angelegenheiten Österreichisches Institut für Internationale Politik
Profession or occupation	Diplomats Ambassadors
Found in	Die Ära Kreisky, c1983 (a.e.) t.p. (Hans Thalberg) p. 347 (Since 1946 active in Austrian Min. for Foreign Affairs; ambassador to Mexico, Peking & Bern) His Von der Kunst, Österreicher zu sein, 1984: t.p. (Hans J. Thalberg) cover p. 4 (b. 1916) Photograph of a visit by Dr. Bruno Kreisky and others to the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library, October 2, 1963 (features Hans Thalberg) <https://www.trumanlibrary.org/photographs/view.php?id=69658> Findagrave.com, August 17, 2016 (Hans Thalberg; b. 1916; d. 2003; diplomat and resistance fighter; burial: Döblinger Friedhof Cemetery, Vienna, Austria) <http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=138401112> Wikipedia.org, August 17, 2016 (Hans Thalberg; b. May 4, 1916, Vienna, Austria; d. July 15, 2003; Austrian diplomat and resistance fighter) <https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Thalberg> Virtual International Authority File WWW site, August 17, 2016 (Hans J. Thalberg; b. 1916; d. 2003) <http://viaf.org/viaf/24754605/#Thalberg,_Hans> OCLC, July 28, 2016 (hdgs.: Thalberg, H.; Thalberg, Hans; Thalberg, Hans, 1916-; Thalberg, Hans, 1916-2003; Thalberg, Hans J., 1916-; usages: H. Thalberg; Hans Thalberg; Hans J. Thalberg)