The Power of Solitude: My Life in the German Resistance
Marion Yorck von Wartenburg was involved in the Nazi resistance group known as the Kreisau Circle, whose cofounder was her husband, Peter. The Kreisau Circle participated in the assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler on July 20, 1944. Peter's cousin Claus Stauffenberg and other members of the military resistance carried out the attempt. When they failed, hundreds of people were arrested, tried, and executed, including Peter. Marion and other members of the conspirators' families were also arrested and spent months jailed under miserable conditions. In this memoir Marion recreates the terrifying reality of her life as the wife of a resistance f…
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Weitere Autoren: Yorck Von Wartenburg, Marion / Winter, Julie M. (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-8032-9915-3
- EAN: 9780803299153
- Produktnummer: 19444318
- Verlag: Univ Of Nebraska Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
- Seitenangabe: 104 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B12.7 cm x D0.8 cm 159 g
- Gewicht: 159
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