[1] Apart from the embassy in Berlin, Peru also maintains consulates-general in Frankfurt,[2] Hamburg[3] and Munich.

[5] As a result of World War I, Peru severed its relations with the German Empire in 1917, with the Spanish Embassy taking charge of Peruvian interests in Germany until 1920.

[6] This situation again took place during World War II with Switzerland now acting as the protecting power of Peru, as the embassy in Berlin closed in February 1942.

[9] The embassy's library was targeted in an arson attack in 1987 on the anniversary of the Peruvian prison massacres that took place one year prior off the coast of Callao.

[10] After the reunification of Germany in 1990, the embassy in Bonn remained open until 2001, when it was moved to Berlin under the government of Alejandro Toledo starting on November 1.