Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg
| "Nina" Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg |
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| Born |
Magdalena Elisabeth Vera Lydia Herta von Lerchenfeld August 27, 1913 Kowno, Imperial Russia (now Kaunas, Lithuania) |
| Died | April 2, 2006 (aged 92) Kirchlauter, near Bamberg, Bavaria |
| Resting place | Kirchlauter |
| Nationality | German |
| Known for | Wife of Colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg |
| Spouse(s) |
Claus von Stauffenberg (1933–1944) |
| Children |
Berthold Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg Heimeran Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg Franz-Ludwig Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg Valerie Ida Huberta Karoline Anna Maria Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg Konstanze Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg |
| Parent(s) | Gustav Freiherr von Lerchenfeld Anna Freiin von Stackelberg |
"Nina" Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg (27 August 1913 – 2 April 2006) was the wife of Colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, the leader of the failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler on 20 July 1944. Following the plot's failure, she was arrested and imprisoned, during which time she delivered her youngest child.
Born Magdalena Elisabeth Vera Lydia Herta von Lerchenfeld in Kowno, Imperial Russia (now Kaunas, Lithuania), she was known by her nickname "Nina". Her father was the Bavarian nobleman and politician General Consul Gustav Freiherr von Lerchenfeld (1871–1944) and her mother Anna Freiin von Stackelberg (1880–1945), a Baltic-German noblewoman.
Nina von Lerchenfeld first met Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg around 1930. They were married on 26 September 1933 in Bamberg, Bavaria, making Nina the Countess (Gräfin) von Stauffenberg. Although Nina's and Claus von Stauffenberg's mothers were both Lutherans, the couple's children were raised as Roman Catholics, in accordance with the wishes of Stauffenberg's father.
The marriage produced five children:
After her husband's failed attempt to assassinate Hitler – he was summarily executed the following evening – the Countess von Stauffenberg was arrested by the Gestapo and taken into custody under the ancient Sippenhaft law reinstated by the Nazi government. Her five children were placed in an orphanage in Bad Sachsa, Lower Saxony, under the surname of Meister.
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