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About Karl von Spreti
Karl Borromäus Maria Heinrich Graf von Spreti was a German diplomat. He is best known as the West German Ambassador to Guatemala from 1968 until his assassination in 1970. The story of his assassination by Guatemalan guerillas was depicted in a 1970 book, Why Karl von Spreti Died, by Ryszard Kapuściński.
Everything about Karl von Spreti →- Occupation
- architect, diplomat, politician, production designer
- Position held
- member of the German Bundestag, ambassador of West Germany to the Dominican Republic, ambassador of West Germany to Jordan, ambassador of West Germany to Guatemala
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Born
- May 21, 1907
- Died
- April 5, 1970