Doenhoff, born into an aristocratic East Prussian family, was the grande dame of post-war German journalism and a powerful voice of reconciliation between Germany and Eastern Europe. Doenhoff used her position as co-publisher of Die Zeit, one of Germany's most respected newspapers, to help shape the post-war press. During the war, Doenhoff, an avowed anti-Nazi, supported the failed plot by army officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler. She fled west on horseback as the Red Army closed in on her ancestral home.
Passage: Marion Doenhoff, 92
Doenhoff, born into an aristocratic East Prussian family, was the grande dame of post-war German journalism and a powerful voice of reconciliation between Germany and Eastern Europe. Doenhoff used her position as co-publisher of Die Zeit, one of Germany's most respected newspapers, to help shape the post-war press. During the war, Doenhoff, an avowed anti-Nazi, supported the failed plot by army officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler. She fled west on horseback as the Red Army closed in on her ancestral home.
