![]() ![]() Another part of her diaries reflected her experiences in wartime Berlin and the Allied air raids, especially the bombing of the Berlin Zoo. The diary also reflected the discussion and views of the German aristocracy on war and Nazism. It became a detailed documentation of the German resistance in Berlin and of the future participants of the 20 July plot in particular. During this time, Vassiltchikov started writing a diary. ![]() Here Marie maintained contact with members of German aristocracy, which her family had already established in the Weimar Republic.Īmong them were Claus von Stauffenberg and Adam von Trott zu Solz, who was Marie’s boss. From January 1940, Marie and her sister Tatiana, despite not being German citizens, started working at the German broadcasting service and then at the information department of the German Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. Subsequently, Marie grew up in various European countries, including Germany, France and Lithuania, where she worked as a secretary at a British legation. After the Bolshevik Revolution, her family emigrated from Russia. ![]() Marie Vassiltchikov was born on 11 January 1917 to the family of Prince Hilarion Vassiltchikov, who was a member of the Russian parliament. ![]()
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