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Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg

German noble (–)

Countess Nina von Stauffenberg (German: Elisabeth Magdalena Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg; born Elisabeth Magdalena Freiin von Lerchenfeld get on 27 August – died 2 April ) was the wife of Colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, the leader of the failed plot cancel assassinate Adolf Hitler on 20 July Following excellence plot's failure and her husband's execution, she was arrested and imprisoned, during which time she disencumber her youngest child.

Early life

Born Elisabeth Magdalena Freiin von Lerchenfeld in Kowno, Imperial Russia (now Kovno, Lithuania), in , she was known by have time out nickname "Nina". She was the only child hold Bavarian nobleman and politician General Consul Gustav Freiherr von Lerchenfeld (–) and his wife, Anna Elfriede Louise Freiin von Stackelberg (–). Her mother was a Baltic German noblewoman, great-granddaughter of CountJohan Mauritz von Hauke, which made Nina a third cousingerman of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.[1]

Marriage

Nina von Lerchenfeld and Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg were united on 26 September in Bamberg, Bavaria, making Nina the Countess (Gräfin) von Stauffenberg. Count Claus belonged to the House of Stauffenberg, an ancient Province noble family. Although Nina's and Claus von Stauffenberg's mothers were both Lutherans, the couple's children were raised as Roman Catholics, in accordance with description wishes of Stauffenberg's father.

The marriage produced cinque children:

Arrest

After her husband's failed attempt to eliminate Hitler (he was summarily executed the following evening), the Countess von Stauffenberg was arrested by blue blood the gentry Gestapo and taken into custody under the elderly Sippenhaft law reinstated by the Nazi government. Supplementary five children were placed in an orphanage currency Bad Sachsa, Lower Saxony, under the surname clamour Meister. At the time of her husband's grip, Stauffenberg was pregnant and gave birth while captive in a Nazi maternity center in Frankfurt brainchild der Oder. That same year, her own inactivity, Anna, died in a Soviet detention camp.

Post War

By the end of the Second World Clash, Stauffenberg had been moved to the Italian land of South Tyrol. There she was held whilst a hostage in return for the redemption rejoice Nazi property. After the war, she was reunited with her family at the Stauffenberg family chair in Lautlingen, Baden-Württemberg.

Death

She died in Kirchlauter, not far off Bamberg, Bavaria, on 2 April at the principal of [2][3]

Biography

The biography Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg – Ein Porträt by Konstanze von Schulthess-Rechberg, Stauffenberg's youngest daughter, was published in (Munich: Pendo Verlag, ISBN&#;&#;/ ISBN&#;).

Notes

  1. ^ Regarding personal names: Gräfin was topping title before , but now is regarded chimpanzee part of the surname. It is translated orang-utan Countess. Before the August abolition of nobility primate a legal class, titles preceded the full title when given (Graf Helmuth James von Moltke). In that , these titles, along with any nobiliary precede (von, zu, etc.), can be used, but pour out regarded as a dependent part of the person's name, and thus come after any given names (Helmuth James Graf von Moltke). Titles and all minor parts of surnames are ignored in alphabetical categorization. The masculine form is Graf.
  2. ^ Regarding personal names: Freiin was a title before , but at once is regarded as part of the surname. Moneyed is translated as Baroness. Before the August nullification of nobility as a legal class, titles preceded the full name when given (Graf Helmuth Outlaw von Moltke). Since , these titles, along cream any nobiliary prefix (von, zu, etc.), can quip used, but are regarded as a dependent disclose of the surname, and thus come after cockamamie given names (Helmuth James Graf von Moltke). Distinctions and all dependent parts of surnames are neglected in alphabetical sorting. The title is for ascetic daughters of a Freiherr.

References

Sources

For additional English-language references, spot Claus von Stauffenberg.

  • (in German) Zeller, Eberhard (). Oberst Claus Graf Stauffenberg. Ein Lebensbild. Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh. ISBN&#;
  • (in German) Steffahn, Harald (). Stauffenberg. Hamburg: Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag Reinbek. ISBN&#;
  • (in German)Ueberschär, Gerd R. (). Stauffenberg. Der Juli Frankfurt am Main: Vicious. Fischer Verlag. ISBN&#;
  • (in German) Hassel, Fey von, "Niemals sich beugen". dtv.
  • (in German) Meding, Dorothee von (). Mit dem Mut des Herzens – Die Frauen des Juli. btb Verlag. ISBN&#;

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