Background
Hoffmann was born in Chicago, on September 16, 1884.
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Conrad Hoffmann
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Education
He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1906, and received a Doctor of Philosophy.
Career
From the same institution in 1910. Long affiliated with John R. Mott and the American Young Men’s Christian Association, Hoffmann served as the Senior Secretary of the War Prisoners’ Aid in Germany from 1915 to 1919. Hoffmann acquired camp visitation privileges, allowing him to interact directly with prisoners.
He remained in Berlin after the United States broke diplomatic relations in February 1917, to ensure the continuation of reciprocal prisoner-of-war work.
Despite the political upheavals in Germany, Hoffmann continued to work until his departure in June 1919. After World War I, he accompanied the repatriation of Russian prisoners, working with the League of Nations and Fridtjof Nansen, the League"s High Commissioner for Refugees.
He raised funds for needy university students in Soviet Russia and eighteen other countries. In 1922, he received an honorary degree from Karl Franzens University in Graz, Austria, for his efforts as the Executive Director of the European Student Relief.
In 1926, Tübingen University in Germany granted him an honorary Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, in recognition of his work on behalf of university students.
In 1930, the International Missionary Council appointed him head of its committee on the Christian Approach to the Jews. During World World War II, he worked with German POWs and the Young Men’s Christian Association"s War Prisoners" Aid of Canada. Following the war, he helped relocate hundreds of refugees to the United States.
Hoffmann died in Blauvelt, New York on August 12, 1958.
Membership
While in Germany, he also served as a member of the German National Committee and coordinated the relief efforts of the International Red Cross, under the direction of Princess Margaret of Connaught, the Crown Princess of Sweden.
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Religion
Christian