Hellmuth Freiherr Lucius von Stoedten

»Hellmuth Freiherr Lucius von Stoedten. Diplomat between German Empire and Weimar«: As German Ambassador in Sweden during the first World War Hellmuth Freiherr Lucius von Stoedten played an instrumental role in the German policy towards Russia. In the Hague it was up to him to relate beween the Republican government in Berlin and Kaiser Wilhelm II. in exile. Also in his other posts in Paris, Berlin, Lisbon, Hamburg, Durazzo and St. Petersburg he earlier than other diplomats promoted economic interests. He cultivated a vast network of politicians, businessmen and artists.