Europe and the Soviet Union
George W. Landau: From Austria to American Diplomacy
Left Vienna for Colombia in 1938, reached the United States in 1941, and became ambassador three times in South America.
- Fled
- Austria
- Status
- Fled persecution
- Arrived in the U.S.
- 1941
- Service
- U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay (1972 to 1977), Chile (1977 to 1982), and Venezuela (1982 to 1985)
- Region
- Europe and the Soviet Union
George Landau left Vienna in 1938 and spent three years in Colombia before reaching the United States in 1941. The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum lists him among Holocaust survivors.
He joined the Foreign Service in 1957 and served as U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay, Chile, and Venezuela.
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