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Cécil Karl-August Timon Ernst Anton von Renthe-Fink (1885Breslau,Silesia Province,German Empire–1964Munich,West Germany) was a Germandiplomat. He wasPlenipotentiary of Denmark from 9 April 1940 until 1942.
In 1926, Cécil von Renthe-Fink was posted to Dresden as Joint Secretary of the International Elbe Commission. This Commission had been set up by theLeague of Nations to ensure that theElbe was kept as a free outlet to the North Sea for shipping from Czechoslovakia.[a]
He was appointed envoy to Denmark in 1936. In 1939 he became a member of theNazi Party. After theoccupation of Denmark he became Plenipotentiary (Reichsbevollmächtigter). In 1942, he was replaced by Dr.Werner Best after theTelegram Crisis. Berlin was hoping for a harder line.
In 1943, Renthe-Fink was posted toVichy France. In that year, the German ministersJoachim von Ribbentrop and Renthe-Fink proposed the creation of aEuropean Confederation, which would have had a single currency, a central bank in Berlin, a regional principle, a labour policy, and economic and trading agreements.
He was married to Countess Christa Vitzthum von Eckstädt, daughter of Count Christoph Vitzthum von Eckstädt, who had been the Chief Minister of theKingdom of Saxony.[1][a]
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