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- In 1920, young Olga Chekhova, the beautiful niece of Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, fled Moscow for Berlin—taking only a smuggled diamond ring. Olga quickly won both celebrity as an actress and prominence in the ranks of Germany’s Nazi party, eventually becoming Hitler’s favorite actress.
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Antony Beevor’s The Mystery of Olga Chekhova tells the extraordinary tale of how one family survived the Russian revolution, the civil war, the rise of Hitler, the Stalinist terror, and the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.
Sep 12, 2004 · The closest she ever came to active duty was a 1941 plot to assassinate Hitler, but Stalin decided that keeping him around was a better idea.
Dec 29, 2020 · Actress Olga Chekhova, niece of Olga Knipper (Anton Chekhov's wife), emigrated from Russia to Germany in 1920 and became a film star by the early 1930s. In 1936 she received the title State Actress. She acted in many films until the collapse of the Third Reich. She was a member of Hitler’s immediate circle.
Olga Konstantinovna Chekhova (née Knipper; Russian: Ольга Константиновна Чехова; 14 April 1897 – 9 March 1980), known in Germany as Olga Tschechowa, was a Russian-German actress. Her film roles include the female lead in Alfred Hitchcock's Mary (1931).
Aug 24, 2013 · It was rumored that Soviet intelligence had a plan to assassinate Hitler, in which Olga Chekhova would have played the primary role.
May 28, 2004 · Quizá sea ese cinismo el que propicia la llegada de Hitler al poder. P. Llegan los nazis, efectivamente, y tratan a Olga como a una gran estrella. R. Hay una imagen en el libro que muestra la ...
Se cree que una de sus funciones fue ayudar a su hermano en el complot para asesinar a Hitler. En 1945, luego de que Berlín fuera tomada por el Ejército Rojo , Chéjova fue detenida por agentes soviéticos y llevada a Moscú por algunas semanas para ser interrogada.
