Przegląd Nauk HistoryczNycH 2020, r. XiX, Nr 2 https://doi.org/10.18778/1644-857X.19.02.07 XAVIER MORENO JULIÁ * ROVIRA I VIRGILI UNIVERSITY TARRAGONA https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5188-123X German institutional aid to Spanish students in Germany during the Second World War1 Abstract. during the second World War dr. edith Faupel intensively helped the spanish students and soldiers of the Blue division, the unit that fought in russia within the Wehrmacht troops. she was the wife of the first german ambassador in the National spain, general Wilhelm Faupel (1936–1937). Faupel was the director of the iberian-american institute and of the german-spanish society at a time. she and her husband fully served the regime of the National socialists during its existence in germany. the action of this woman and her motifs are studied in this article. it is also analysed how her activities were deter- mined by the changes on the fronts of World War ii. Keywords: second World War, diplomacy, spain, germany, third reich. rotected by her husband, the german ambassador to Nation- al spain, dr. edith Faupel provided assistance to spanish P students in germany through the two institutions of which her husband was president: the instituto iberoamericano (ibe- rian-american institute) and the sociedad germano-española (german-spanish society). an analysis of her activities can shed more light on german-spanish relations during the second World War, which were obviously affected by the progress of the conflict 2 in which both morale and funds decreased notably over time .3 * Department od History and History of art, e-mail:
[email protected] 1 My gratitude goes to Professor dariusz Jeziorny, from university of lodz, for his interest in publishing the article.