Count Harry von Arnim
Also known as: Arnim, comte d'Arnim
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Count Harry von Arnim (Harry Karl Kurt Eduard von Arnim-Suckow, 1824–1881), German ambassador in Paris from 1872 until his recall in 1874. Bismarck had him prosecuted for keeping embassy documents («the Arnim affair», 1874–75); he was convicted and died in exile at Nice in 1881 (en.wikipedia «Harry von Arnim»).
In Marie's diary
- 30 August 1877: of the baron von Bechman, an embassy attaché in Paris «qui a été décoré par la France pour des trahisons et qui est rentré en faveur de Bismarck en lui livrant le comte d'Arnim» (074.0144). This is Marie's report of gossip about the Arnim affair.
The Prussian count of the Nice season of 1874–75 is a different entry, #Count Arnim.
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