Ewald von Kleist-Wendisch Tychow
Ewald Graf von Kleist-Wendisch Tychow (born May 11, 1882 in Lisbon , † March 20, 1953 in Flensburg ) was a Prussian-German lawyer and gentleman in Wendisch Tychow . He granted Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer accommodation on his property during the Nazi era.
Life
Ewald von Kleist, eldest son of the diplomat Friedrich Wilhelm Graf von Kleist and Leonie born. Countess von Kospoth , was born in Lisbon , where he spent his early childhood. After serving as a one-year volunteer with the Leib-Kürassier-Regiment in Breslau, he studied law at the University of Göttingen and the University of Greifswald . In 1904 he became a member of the Corps Saxonia Göttingen in Göttingen . and internship at the local courts in Belgard and Posen . In 1910 he initially took over the management of the Saxon goods Kollochau and Pölzen, then - interrupted by military service - the administration of the Schmenzin domain of Countess Kleist, née. Countess of Medem .
Kleist married Margarete Countess Finck von Finckenstein (* 1890 in Potsdam; † 1977 in Neustadt / Holstein) on August 2, 1914 in Breslau , the eldest daughter of Count Ernst Finck von Finckenstein and Freda, née Countess von Rittberg.
As a reserve officer in his regiment, Ewald took part in the First World War. A serious fall on his horse in the Carpathian Mountains forced Ewald to return home. As a lawyer he worked in the Ministry of War Economics in Berlin from 1916 until the end of the war. Wendisch Tychow had already been transferred to Ewald in 1914. In 1919 Ewald took over the administration.
Ewald was also active as a conservative politician. In 1923 he was elected chairman of the DNVP of the Schlawe district, was chairman of the district committee and member of the Pomeranian provincial council . The confidence of the farmers brought him the chairmanship of the Landbund . He was a member of the border guard and a leader in the steel helmet .
Under the Hitler regime, Ewald was forced to resign all of his honorary posts. Despite occasional hostility, thanks to his strong position in the circle, he was spared from attacks, although he had willingly given Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his seminary accommodation in Sigurdshof.
Even after the Russian troops marched in in March 1945, Ewald and his wife stayed on a farm near the manor house. In 1946 the couple were evacuated. Ewald spent the last years of his life at Gut Priesholz in the municipality of Rabenholz near Flensburg .
Ewald had been chairman of the von Kleist family association since 1933 .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 85 , 551
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kleist-Wendisch Tychow, Ewald von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kleist, Ewald Graf von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landowner and lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lisbon |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 20, 1953 |
| Place of death | Flensburg |