Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Stephanie von Hohenlohe

Austrian noble spy

Date of Birth: 16-Sep-1891

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Date of Death: 13-Jun-1972

Profession: , spy

Nationality: Hungary, United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Stephanie Julianne von Hohenlohe, born Stephany Julienne Richter (16 September 1891 – 13 June 1972) was an Austrian princess by her marriage to the diplomat Prince Friedrich Franz von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, a member of the princely Hohenlohe family.
She was born a commoner of Jewish family background. A Hungarian national, she relocated to London after her divorce from the prince, where she is suspected of having acted as a spy for Germany during the 1930s.
She developed close connections among the Nazi hierarchy, including Adolf Hitler.
She also developed other influential relationships, including with Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere, and promoted British support for Germany while living in London from 1932.
The British, French and Americans all suspected her of being a spy for the German Government.
During the 1930s, she was awarded the Gold Medal of the Nazi Party for her services.Fleeing from Britain to San Francisco in 1939 after war was declared, she was put under surveillance by the US government.
After the attack on Pearl Harbor she was arrested by the FBI and interned in the United States as an enemy alien.
She provided information to the Office of Strategic Services which was used in a 1943 report on the personality of Adolf Hitler.
In May 1945 she was released on parole and returned to Germany, where she cultivated influential connections in post-war German society.