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He used his position in the Abwehr to help Jews escape Germany, worked with German resistance against the Nazi régime, and after the failed 20 July Plot, he was accused of being the "spiritual leader" of the conspiracy to assassinate Hitler, and executed by the SS in 1945.
Ernst von Dohnányi was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and conductor, principally known for his Variations on a Nursery Song for piano and orchestra. Dohnányi studied in Budapest at the Royal Academy of Music, where his first symphony was performed in 1897.
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Oct 25, 2012 · Dohnanyi recorded Nazi crimes, helped victims, did his best to sabotage Nazi policies, and eventually helped plot Hitler’s removal; Bonhoeffer fought the Nazis’ efforts to control the German Protestant churches.
Mar 31, 2014 · Sifton and Stern tell the story of two of the most courageous opponents of the Nazi regime, pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer and lawyer Hans von Dohnányi. From the earliest days of Nazism, both men perceived the threats, documented them, and plotted to overthrow Hitler.
Ernst von Dohnányi (Hungarian: Dohnányi Ernő, [ˈɛrnøː ˈdohnaːɲi]; 27 July 1877 – 9 February 1960) was a Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor. He used the German form of his name on most published compositions.
Dohnãnyi, Ernst von, eminent Hungarian pianist, composer, conductor, and pedagogue, grandfather of Christoph von Dohnãnyi; b. Pressburg, July 27, 1877; d. N.Y., Feb. 9,1960. He began his musical studies with his father, an amateur cellist; then studied piano and music theory with Karoly Forstner.
Hans von Dohnanyi was sentenced by an SS court martial on account of his involvement in the preparations for the coup against Hitler and murdered in Sachsenhausen concentration camp, probably on April 9, 1945.
