Clarita von Trott zu Solz

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Clarita and Adam von Trott zu Solz in 1944

Clarita von Trott zu Solz , née Tiefenbacher (born September 19, 1917 in Hamburg ; † March 28, 2013 in Berlin ) was a German doctor and psychoanalyst as well as the wife of the resistance fighter Adam von Trott zu Solz . Adam von Trott was a member of the Kreisau Circle and involved in the attempted coup on July 20, 1944 .

Life

Tiefenbacher was born as the daughter of a well-known Hamburg lawyer. After graduating from high school, she completed an obligatory country year . She attended an English course in Cambridge and learned shorthand and typewriter. A longer journey took her to the Middle East as far as Jerusalem. In June 1940 she married Adam von Trott zu Solz and moved with him to Berlin. Their daughter Verena was born on March 1, 1942 and their daughter Clarita on November 9, 1943 .

Because of the Allied bombing raids, Clarita von Trott moved to her husband's parents' house in Imshausen in 1943 . After her husband's arrest, she tried to get permission to visit Berlin, but was not granted it. On August 17, she was arrested and taken into kin custody together with other women of resistance fighters in the Berlin-Moabit remand prison . The daughters were picked up by the Gestapo from Imshausen and taken to the Borntal children's home in Bad Sachsa , run by the SS . She was released on September 30, 1944. Her two little daughters came back to Imshausen a short time later.

In 1950 she began studying medicine in Heidelberg , which she completed with a doctorate in Hamburg in 1955 . She then qualified as a psychotherapist and psychoanalyst and worked in Hamburg and Berlin.

At the same time she was active in the dispute about the memory of the German resistance against the Nazi regime. She took care of her husband's estate and compiled documentation from important sources. In 1951, Clarita von Trott was a joint plaintiff in the trial against Wolfgang Hedler of the German Party (DP) , who had denigrated the resistance fighters and their families in a campaign speech. Together with her friend Barbara von Haeften , she turned against the rearmament and the instrumentalization of her men and the resistance. Together with Freya von Moltke and Rosemarie Reichwein, she campaigned for the establishment of the international meeting place in Kryzowa / Kreisau . In addition, she was an active member of the International Doctors against Nuclear War (IPPNW).

Clarita von Trott was honorary chairwoman of the Adam von Trott Foundation . In 1998 she was awarded the Wilhelm Leuschner Medal of the State of Hesse .

Fonts (selection)

  • Adam von Trott zu Solz. A biography. With an introduction by Peter Steinbach . 1st edition Edition Hentrich, Berlin 1994, (Edition supplemented by new documents, Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86732-063-4 . Reviews )

literature

  • Dorothee von Meding: With the courage of the heart. The women of July 20th. Berlin 1992
  • Benigna von Krusenstjern : "That it makes sense to die - to have lived" Adam von Trott zu Solz 1909–1944. Biography. Wallstein, Göttingen, 2009. 608 pages. ISBN 978-3-8353-0506-9
  • Adam von Trott Foundation, Imshausen eV (ed.): The invisible part of resistance - On the way to peace, understanding and the rule of law. Commemorative publication for the 100th birthday of Clarita von Trott zu Solz (1917-2013). Imshausen, 2017. 159 pages. ISBN 978-3-00-056965-4

Web links

Commons : Clarita von Trott zu Solz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Clarita von Trott zu Solz has died
personal data
SURNAME Trott zu Solz, Clarita von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tiefenbacher, Clarita (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German psychotherapist
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH March 28, 2013
Place of death Berlin