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Ruth von Kleist-Retzow.
German noblewoman and member of the German resistance to Nazism (1867-1945)
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About Ruth von Kleist-Retzow
Ruth von Kleist-Retzow was born into the German nobility and married into a Prussian army family. She was horrified by the rise of National Socialism, becoming involved both with the Confessing Church and, after 1933, with (illegal) opposition to the Hitler government. She was a particular supporter of Dietrich Bonhoeffer who became a regular guest, and whose students would frequently find a refuge at von Kleist-Retzow's Pomeranian estate. At the time of his execution Bonhoeffer was engaged to marry von Kleist-Retzow's granddaughter, with whom he was in love.
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- land owner
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Born
- February 4, 1867
- Died
- October 2, 1945