Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin

German resistance member (1922-2013) · Germany · Writers · Died at 90

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Ewald-Heinrich Hermann Konrad Oskar Ulrich Wolf Alfred von Kleist-Schmenzin was a German publisher and convenor of the Munich Conference on Security Policy until 1998.

A life in dates

2013Died8 March 20131997Manfred Wörner MedalAward1995Bavarian Order of MeritAward1992Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAwardMore about this1988Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAwardMore about this1983Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward1957Honorary Knight of the Order of St JohnAward1922Born10 July 1922

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Von Kleist (left) with German Federal Minister of Defence Franz Josef Jung in 2009

Awards

Manfred Wörner Medal1997

Bavarian Order of Merit1995

Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany1992

Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany1988

Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany1983

Honorary Knight of the Order of St John1957

Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Officer of the Legion of Honour

In their orbit

Father: Ewald von Kleist-Schmenzin

In common with Ewald-Heinrich

Janusz OnyszkiewiczBoth received Manfred Wörner Medal

Christian Schwarz-SchillingBoth received Manfred Wörner Medal

Richard HolbrookeBoth received Manfred Wörner Medal

Writers from Germany 3

Sibylle Lewitscharoff51.0

Paul Cassirer51.0

Dorothea von Schlegel51.0

About this person

Ewald-Heinrich Hermann Konrad Oskar Ulrich Wolf Alfred von Kleist-Schmenzin was a German publisher and convenor of the Munich Conference on Security Policy until 1998. A member of the von Kleist family and an officer in the Wehrmacht during World War II, his parents were active in the German resistance against Adolf Hitler. Von Kleist was designated to kill Hitler in a suicide attack and was the last surviving member of the 20 July 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler.

Country

Germany