Changing Stuctures of the German Foreign Office between the World Wars

After World War I the German Foreign Office was under pressure of two significant changes : the lost war and the new conditions of international relations on the one hand and the deep constitutional and socio-polical changes in Germany on the other. The analysis focuses on how the Foreign Office replied to these challenges, on its organizational and conceptual changes, and on its position within the governmental system. In that way the changes in the early thirties and the developments within the Foreign Office after 1933 become clearer.Krüger Peter. Changing Stuctures of the German Foreign Office between the World Wars. In: Opinion publique et politique extérieure en Europe. II. 1915-1940. Actes du Colloque de Rome (16-20 février 1981) Rome : École Française de Rome, 1984. pp. 139-156. (Publications de l'École française de Rome, 54-2