Princess Marie Adelheid of Lippe-Biesterfeld Royalty

Marie Adelheid of Lippe-Biesterfeld (Marie Adelheid Mathilde Karoline Elise Alexe Auguste Albertine; 30 August 1895 – 25 December 1993) was a daughter of Prince Rudolf of Lippe-Biesterfeld and his wife Princess Luise of Ardeck.As the wife of Hanno Konopath, a prominent Nazi official, Marie Adelheid was notable for being a popular socialite as well as an ardent supporter of the Nazi regime. She was instrumental in the Nordic Ring, which was a forum for the discussion of issues concerning race and eugenics. Furthermore, Marie Adelheid served as an aide to Nazi Minister of Food and Agriculture Richard Walther Darré, and produced numerous works of fiction, poetry, translations, and other books. After the end of World War II, she published translations of prominent Holocaust-denying works, such as Paul Rassinier's Le Drame des Juifs européens [The Drama of European Jews] into German in 1964.

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Birth dateAugust 30, 1895
Birth place
German Empire , Głogów , Kingdom of Prussia
Date of deathDecember 25, 1993
Place of death
Germany , Schleswig-Holstein , Tangstedt
Spouse
Title
Princess Heinrich XXXII Reuss of Köstritz
Princess Heinrich XXXV Reuss of Köstritz

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