Friedrich Wilhelm von Prittwitz und Gaffron
GERMAN DIPLOMAT (1884-1955)
F. W. von Prittwitz-Gaffron; F. W. von Prittwitz und Gaffron; Friedrich Wilhelm von Prittwitz-Gaffron
Friedrich Wilhelm von Prittwitz und Gaffron (1 September 1884 – 1 September 1955) was a German Ambassador to the United States under the Weimar Republic, from 1928 until 14 April 1933. He was in office at the time that Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany, and resigned from the diplomatic corps in protest the day after Hitler was appointed Chancellor.