Ewald von Kleist-Schmenzin

For his son, see Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin.
Ewald von Kleist-Schmenzin
Born(1890-03-22)22 March 1890
Dubberow, Province of Pomerania, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died9 April 1945(1945-04-09) (aged 55)
Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, Nazi Germany
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
ChildrenEwald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin

Ewald Albert Friedrich Karl Leopold Arnold von Kleist-Schmenzin (22 March 1890 – 9 April 1945) was a German lawyer, conservative and monarchist politician, opponent of Nazism, and a member of the 20 July Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, for which he was put to death by hanging.

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