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Matriarch of Conspiracy: Ruth Von Kleist, 1867-1945

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The saga of a German family from the aristocracy, whose members were involved in the conspiracy to kill Hitler. World War II and the anti-Nazi martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer play major roles in this tale. This book won the MInnesota Book Award as Best Biography and the Midwest Independent Publishers Award as Best Book Overall.

408 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1991

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June 29, 2013
A fascinating insight into the relationship between the von Kleists, Bismarck, and Bonhoeffer families and how each would have a role to play in the July 20, 1944 assassination attempt on Hitler.
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