Gero von Schulze-Gaevernitz
Gero von Schulze-Gaevernitz (b. Freiburg, Germany, September 27, 1901; d. Canary Islands, April 6, 1970) was a German economist. He became a crucial assistant of Allen Dulles in Europe and was awarded the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1945 for his skillful negotiations in Ascona, Switzerland, for the surrender of a million Nazi forces in World War II, with specific reference to Italy (Operation Sunrise). He was the son of Gerhart von Schulze-Gävernitz, professor of Political Science at Freiburg University and a member of the Weimar parliament (b. Breslau, Silesia, July 25, 1865 - d. Krainsdorf, Silesia, July 10, 1943). His mother was Johanna Hirsch, (b. Mannheim, Germany, May 23, 1876 - d. Ascona, Switzerland, 1938).
Gero v. S.-G. had two sisters: Ruth Gaevernitz (b. Freiburg, Germany, June 12, 1898 - d. London, Great Britain, July 26, 1993). She was a British historian. Margiana von Schulze-Gävernitz (b. Freiburg, Germany, July 5, 1904 - d. Gstaad, Switzerland, 1989). She married Edmund Hugo Stinnes.