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Grobba, Fritz, 1886-1973

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Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingGrobba, Fritz, 1886-1973
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Variant(s)Borg, Arthur, 1886-1973
Grobb, Fritz, 1886-1973
Gehrke, Franz, 1886-1973
Associated countryGermany
Associated placeIraq
Saudi Arabia
Birth date1886
Death date1973
Place of birthGartz (Germany)
Profession or occupationDiplomat
Found inHis Irak, 1941: t.p. (Fritz Grobba)
OCLC, April 20, 2012 (hdg: Grobba, Fritz; usage: Dr. Fritz Grobba)
Wikipedia April 20, 2012 (Fritz Konrad Ferdinand Grobba (born Arthur Borg in 1886 in Gartz on the Oder in Brandenburg, Germany, alias Fritz Grobb, alias Franz Gehrke; nickname "the Turk"; studied law, economics, and Oriental languages at the University of Berlin; Lieutenant during World War I; German diplomat during the interwar period and World War II; worked briefly in the German consulate in Jerusalem, Palestine, then part of the Ottoman Empire; October 1932-1938 German Ambassador to Iraq; November 1938 until September 1939 German Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; October 1939 until May 1941, served in the German foreign ministry in Berlin; d. 1973.)
Associated languageger