Europe and the Soviet Union
Robert G. Neumann: From Austria to American Diplomacy
Survived a Nazi concentration camp as a young man and later served as U.S. ambassador in three countries.
- Fled
- Austria
- Status
- Fled persecution
- Arrived in the U.S.
- after 1938
- Service
- U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, to Morocco, and to Saudi Arabia
- Region
- Europe and the Soviet Union
Robert Neumann was born in Vienna in 1916. While he was studying in Geneva, the Nazis arrested him and sent him to a concentration camp. After his release he made his way to the United States.
He became a scholar of government and later served as U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, to Morocco, and to Saudi Arabia. The Department of State's National Museum of American Diplomacy tells his story.
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