Irene Yorck von Wartenburg
Irene Countess Yorck von Wartenburg (born March 4, 1913 at Gut Klein-Öls , district of Ohlau , Lower Silesia ; † October 14, 1950 in Berlin ), known as "Muto" in the family and friends' circle, was a doctor and member of the Kreisau district .
Life
She was the daughter of the landowner Heinrich Graf Yorck von Wartenburg (1861-1923), royal Prussian district administrator , hereditary member of the Prussian manor and Fideikommissherr on Klein-Öls, and Sophie Freiin von Berlichingen (1872-1945).
Her great-great-grandfather was Field Marshal Ludwig Graf Yorck von Wartenburg . Among her nine siblings is Count Peter Yorck von Wartenburg , who was involved in the preparation of the assassination attempt on July 20, 1944 and who was executed in 1944 .
Together with her brother Peter and his wife Marion , she became active in the Kreisau district in the resistance against the National Socialist regime.
Irene Countess Yorck von Wartenburg remained unmarried.
Web links
- Literature by and about Irene Yorck von Wartenburg in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marion Yorck von Wartenburg: The strength of the silence: memories of a life in the resistance. On the 80th birthday of Peter Yorck v. Wartenburg on November 13, 1984. - p. 28
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Yorck von Wartenburg, Irene |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Yorck von Wartenburg, Irene Countess |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German resistance fighter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 4, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gut Klein-Öls, district of Ohlau , Lower Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 14, 1950 |
| Place of death | Berlin |