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Klaus von Bismarck (6 March 1912 – 22 May 1997) was the Director General of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk (West German Broadcasting) from 1961 to 1976, and the President of the ARD from 1963 to 1964. He was also the President of the German Evangelical Church Assembly from 1977 to 1979 and a member of its presidium from 1950 to 1995, as well as President of the Goethe Institute, 1977 to 1989. Bismarck was a highly decorated Lieutenant Colonel (''Oberstleutnant'' of the Reserves) in the Wehrmacht during the Second World War. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. According to his memoirs published in 1992 he refused to obey Hitler's Commissar Order to execute all captured Russian political Commissars attached to the Russian Army whilst serving as an adjutant on the Russian front in 1941. (Gitta Sereny, 'Albert Speer - his battle with truth, Macmillan 1995) He is a relative of Otto von Bismarck, Germany's first Chancellor, and was the son of Gottfried von Bismarck (1881–1928), Lord of Jarchlin and Kniephof, family estates located in Pomerania. Bismarck received an honorary Doctor of Theology degree (Dr. h. c. theol.) from the University of Münster. ==Awards and decorations== * Iron Cross (1939) * * 2nd Class (9 October 1939)〔Thomas 1997, p. 46.〕〔Thomas & Wegmann 1992, p. 69.〕 * * 1st Class (18 June 1940)〔〔 * Wound Badge (1939) * * in Silver * Eastern Front Medal (15 July 1942)〔 * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves * * Knight's Cross on 31 December 1941 as ''Oberleutnant'' and leader of the II./Infanterie-Regiment 4〔Fellgiebel 2000, p. 114.〕 * * 669th Oak Leaves on 26 November 1944 as ''Major'' and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 4〔Fellgiebel 2000, p. 78.〕 * Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 24 November 1944 * Grand Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (3 October 1973)〔 * Grand Federal Cross of Merit with Star (1982) * Grand Federal Cross of Merit with Star and Sash (2 June 1989) * Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1989) * Honorary Doctorate of Theology from the University of Münster * Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal (formerly Main Hall) at WDR Radio Cologne 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Klaus von Bismarck」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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