Anatol Mühlstein

Anatol Mühlstein (22 August 1889 – 29 September 1957) was a Polish diplomat and writer. He served as Chargé d'affaires for the Polish embassy in Brussels in 1927,[1] and as Minister Plenipotentiary for the Polish embassy in Paris 1930–36.[2]

Anatol Mühlstein
Mühlstein in 1932
Born(1889-08-22)22 August 1889
Warsaw, Poland
Died29 September 1957(1957-09-29) (aged 68)
Paris, France
NationalityPolish
OccupationDiplomat
Spouse
Diane de Rothschild
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(m. 1932)​
Children3 (including Anka Muhlstein)
RelativesStéphane Dujarric (grandson)

Born to a Jewish family in Warsaw, he studied in Geneva, Paris, and Brussels. Mühlstein was studying in Brussels when war broke out in 1914.[3] Stranded without support, the family of a law professor took him in. He later married and divorced a daughter in the family, Suzanne Dumont.[4] He was active in the Belgian resistance, and was one of three founders of an underground journal first published in 1918, Le Flambeau.[3]

Mühlstein joined the Polish diplomatic service in 1919, assigned to Brussels. During that time, he was a member of the Polish delegation to the Locarno Conference and League of Nations assemblies.[3] He was promoted and transferred to Paris in 1930.[3]

Anatol and Diane Mühlstein, 1932

In 1932, Mühlstein married Diane de Rothschild, daughter of French banker Robert de Rothschild.[5] The couple had three daughters: Cécile, Anka, and Nathalie.[6]

After the German invasion of France, Mühlstein moved to the United States. He returned to France after World War II.

References
  1. "Polish Foreign Minister in the U.S.; Talks About Jews". Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle. 24 July 1925. p. 1. Retrieved 28 August 2016 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  2. Karski, Jan (2014). The Great Powers and Poland: From Versailles to Yalta. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442226654.
  3. "Anatole Mühlstein". Polski słownik biograficzny. (Polish Biographical Dictionary.). Warsaw; Kraków: IH PAN : Wydaw. Towarzystwa Naukowego Societas Vistulana. 1977. pp. Volume 22. ISBN 978-83-86301-01-0. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  4. Béghin, Laurent (2019). "From Warsaw to Brussels: Notes on Anatole Mühlstein (1889-1957) and Belgium". Prace Polonistyczne (74): 195-215. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  5. Lehrer, Steven (2013). Wartime Sites in Paris: 1939–1945. SF Tafel. p. 122. ISBN 9781492292920.
  6. "Diane Cécile Alice Juliette de Rothschild (1907-1996) | Rothschild Family". family.rothschildarchive.org. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
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