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Baron Göran Fredrik von Otter (4 August 1907 – 4 December 1988) was a Swedish diplomat and friherre, best known for his service in Berlin during World War II. Birgitta and Anne Sofie von Otter are von Otter's daughters; former Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik von Otter was his grandfather.
Apr 12, 2019 · Returning to Germany alone on a night train to Berlin, Gerstein met a Swedish diplomat named Baron Göran von Otter. In the poor light of the blacked-out train, Gerstein broke down in tears as...
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Göran Fredrik von Otter, född 4 augusti 1907 i Sörby församling i Kristianstads län, död 4 december 1988 i Stockholm, var en svensk friherre och diplomat . Biografi. Göran von Otter var son till överstelöjtnanten friherre Fredrik von Otter och friherrinnan Elsa Wrede född i släkten Wrede af Elimä samt sonson till statsminister Fredrik von Otter.
May 7, 2019 · On a summer’s night in 1942, on a train traveling from Poland to Germany, Swedish diplomat Göran Fredrik von Otter noticed a very troubled passenger. “I saw how he was looking at me,” he said in a 1968 interview, “as if he wanted to tell me something.”
Sep 30, 2023 · In the summer of 1942, Swedish diplomat Göran von Otter was traveling on a night train from Warsaw to Berlin. He had visited Swedish businessmen accused of acting as couriers for the Polish resistance movement and was heading back to the Swedish legation; traveling on the same train was SS officer Kurt Gerstein.
Göran von Otter. Baron Göran Fredrik von Otter (* 4. August 1907 in Sörby; † 4. Dezember 1988 in Stockholm) war während des Zweiten Weltkriegs Sekretär der schwedischen Gesandtschaft in Berlin. Göran von Otter ist der Vater der Autorin Birgitta von Otter (* 1939) und der Mezzosopranistin Anne Sofie von Otter (* 1955).
Göran von Otter was a Swedish diplomat with a baron’s title (“friherre” in Swedish). His grandfather had been prime minis-ter of Sweden. He did his military service in the Swedish navy, graduated in law, and practiced a few years at a Swedish court before joining the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Afairs.
