Ernst von Simson

Ernst von Simson was a German lawyer, diplomat and entrepreneur.

Family

Ernst von Simson was a son of the lawyer August von Simson and Beate, geb. Jonas, as well as a grandson of Eduard von Simsons. In 1901 he married Martha Oppenheim, a daughter of Franz Oppenheim and great-granddaughter of Martin Wilhelm Oppenheim. The couple had six children, including Dorothea von Simson, who married the lawyer Erckhinger von Schwerin, the art historian Otto von Simson and the painter Vita Petersen.

Literature

Georg Simson, Singuna von Simson : Ernst von Simson. Memories, Berlin: Jonas'sche Family Foundation 2009.
Dieter Neitzert: The office between Versailles and Rapallo. Review of State Secretary Ernst von Simson. In: Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte 60, 2012, pp. 443–490.
Norbert Gross: Ernst von Simson: in the service of Germany: from Versailles to Rapallo, Karlsruhe: Verlag der Gesellschaft für Kulturhistorischedokumentation 2013 .