Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg

Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg
Born
Baroness Elisabeth Magdalena von Lerchenfeld; Elisabeth Magdalena Freiin von Lerchenfeld

(1913-08-27)27 August 1913
Kowno, Russian Empire (now Kaunas, Lithuania)
Died2 April 2006(2006-04-02) (aged 92)
Kirchlauter, near Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany
Known forWife of Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, sister-in-law of Nazi test pilot and resistance supporter
TitleGräfin
Children5, including Berthold, Franz-Ludwig and Konstanze

Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg (German: Elisabeth Magdalena Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg; born Elisabeth Magdalena Freiin von Lerchenfeld; 27 August 1913 – 2 April 2006) was the wife of Oberst Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, the leader of the failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler on 20 July 1944. Following the plot's failure and her husband's execution, she was arrested and imprisoned, during which time she delivered her youngest child.

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