Klaus Goldschlag, OC

Order of Canada

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 was a former Canadian

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 ambassador

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. He was a Jewish orphan living in Nazi Germany

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 adopted by Alan Coatsworth, a Toronto

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 fire-insurance broker. After earning his master's degree in Arabic at the University of Toronto

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, he joined the diplomatic and foreign affairs department.

Public service

Goldschlag was ambassador to Turkey

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 (1967-1971), Italy

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 (1973-1976) and the Federal Republic of Germany. Goldschlag also served as Deputy Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs. In 1981 he received the Outstanding Achievement Award for public service of Canada. In 1983, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada

Order of Canada

The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...

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