Christine von Dohnanyi
- Category : 1903-births
- Type : PSP
- Profile : 6/2 - Role Model / Hermit
- Definition : Single
- Incarnation Cross : LAX Wishes 2
Biography
German resistance fighter against Nazism, the daughter of Karl Bonhoeffer, the sister of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the wife of Hans von Dohnanyi, the latter two men were both executed by the Nazis in 1945.
She married Hans von Dohnanyi in 1925. Her daughter Barbara von Dohnanyi was born in 1926. Her first son Klaus von Dohnanyi was born in 1928, her second son Christoph von Dohnányi in 1929.
Christine von Dohnanyi took part in all resistance activities of her husband Hans von Dohnanyi and supported his activities. Beside her husband and her brother Dietrich Bonhoeffer, she was arrested by the Gestapo on 5 April 1943 on suspicion of treason. She was released after a few weeks then tried to obtain the release of her husband and brother.
After Berlin's capitulation, the Allies granted her the status of a "victim of fascism" on 27 June 1945. Christine von Dohnanyi died on 2 February 1965 in Kassel at age 61.