Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin

This article is about the German resistance member. For his father, see Ewald von Kleist-Schmenzin. For the field marshal, see Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist.
Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin
Von Kleist-Schmenzin in 2009
Born(1922-07-10)10 July 1922
Schmenzin, Province of Pomerania, German Reich (now Smęcino, Poland)
Died8 March 2013(2013-03-08) (aged 90)
Munich, Germany
Occupation(s) Wehrmacht Officer (1940–44)
Publisher
SpouseGundula von Kleist (1960–2013; his death)[1]
ParentEwald von Kleist-Schmenzin

Ewald-Heinrich Hermann Konrad Oskar Ulrich Wolf Alfred von Kleist-Schmenzin (10 July 1922 – 8 March 2013[2]) 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.

  1. ^ "Last survivor of plot to kill Hitler dies at 90". Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Letzter verbliebene Teilnehmer des Hitler-Attentats vom 20. Juli gestorben". Retrieved 13 July 2017.