Johann Heinrich Bernstorff, Graf von , 1862-1939, German diplomat. As ambassador to the United States (1908-17), he tried to conciliate American feelings toward Germany and repeatedly warned his government that unrestricted submarine warfare would bring the United States into World War I. A member of the Reichstag from 1921 to 1928 and a delegate to the League of Nations disarmament conference (1926-31), he went into exile at Geneva after Hitler took power in Germany. His memoirs were published in 1936.
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