Marion
Gräfin Dönhof
Marion
Gräfin Dönhof was a very influential person in
post-war Germany. She was born in
Prussia on the 21st of December 1909, and grew up
in her family's palace, Schloss Friedrichstein.
In 1945, the
Russians marched into Prussia and Marion Gräfin Dönhof fled
on her famous horse Alarich to Hamburg. And, it was there that she
became a journalist for Die Zeit, a famous and prestigious
German newspaper.
Marion
Gräfin Dönhof became Germany's most important political journalist
and was awarded the Heinrich Heine prize for her work.
Marion
Gräfin Dönhof died on the 11th of March,
2007.
awarded – (award/awarded/awarded) - verliehen
died – (die/died/died) - starb
fled – (flee/fled/flew) - fliehen
German - deutsch
Germany - Deutschland
grew up – (grow/grew/grown) - aufwuchs
influential - einflussreich
newspaper - Zeitung
palace - Schloss
post-war – Nachkriegs ...
prestigious - renommiert
Questions
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