Emil Leo Baer

Emil Leo Baer
Born	1894 or 1895
Died	4 December 1942 (age 47) Berlin, Nazi Germany
Cause of death	An unspecified illness
Nationality	German

Dr. Emil Leo Baer (c. 1894 – 4 December 1942) was a German diplomat in the United States. He held a number of important positions, including private secretary to German ambassador Adolf Georg von Maltzan, first secretary of the German Embassy in Washington, and consul general of the German General Consulate in Chicago.

The Völkisch Observer, the newspaper of the Nazi Party, claimed that Baer died on 4 December 1942 at the age of 47 from an unspecified illness that he contracted in America.

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  Left to Right—Lieut Commander Sidney M. Kraus, U.S.N.; Dr Emil L. Baer, third secretary of the German Legation; Colonel T. C. Turner, Dr Hugo Eckener, German commander of the dirigible; Capt Ernst A. Lehmann, President Calvin Coolidge, Hon Curtis D. Wilbur, Secretary of the Navy; Capt George W. Steele, senior of the American officers aboard, who will command the ZR-3 after she is turned over to the United States Navy; Capt H. Von Schiller, Capt H. C. Flemming, and Capt W. R. Gherardi, U.S.N.

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  Dr. Hugo Eckener, in Washington, became a member of the Red Cross when enrolled by Miss Elizabeth Potter. Others in the group are Capt. George W. Steele, new commander of the ZR-3; Secretary of the Navy Wilbur, Dr. Emil L. Baer, secretary of the German embassy, and Capt. Lehman. Dr. Eckener commanded the ZR-3 on its trip from Germany to the United States.