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Ewald von Kleist (1922–2013)
Ewald Heinrich von Kleist (1922-2013), anti-Nazi and post-war founder of the publishing company Ewald-von-Kleist-Verlag in Berlin, was a scion of an aristocratic Prussian land-owning, literary and military family. His father, lawyer and landowner Count Ewald von Kleist-Schmenzin (1890-1945) - who was a cousin of Field Marshal Paul von Kleist (1881...
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Died:(age 90) in Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
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Self (5 credits)
Self (5 credits)
1995
Hitler: A Profile
(TV Mini-Series documentary)
Self
Self
- Der Verführer
(1995)
... Self
- Der Privatmann
(1995)
... Self
- Der Diktator
(1995)
... Self
1992
The Restless Conscience: Resistance to Hitler Within Germany 1933-1945
(Documentary)
Self (as Ewald Heinrich von Kleist)
Self (as Ewald Heinrich von Kleist)
1973
The World at War
(TV Mini-Series documentary)
Self - Army Officer
Self - Army Officer
- A New Germany: 1933-1939
(1973)
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"Fathers love their sons and mine certainly did, and I had been quite sure he would say no," Von Kleist recalled. "But, as always, I had underestimated him." See more »
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Von Kleist remembered explaining the suicide plot [in which he was to have worn an explosive vest to kill Hitler] to his father, who paused only briefly before telling his 22-year-old son: "Yes, you have to do this.""Fathers love their sons and mine certainly did, and I had been quite sure he would say no," Von Kleist recalled. "But, as always, I had underestimated him." See more »