Heinrich von Gleichen

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Raimund August Heinrich Freiherr von Gleichen-Rußwurm (14 July 1882 - 29 July 1959) was an estate owner, publicist, and founder and organizer of many organizations, and a part of the Conservative Revolutionary movement.

He was a co-founder of the influential "June Club", with Arthur Moeller van den Bruck being another co-founder. It was later renamed to "German Men's Club" and in 1933 to "German Club".

In 1925, he took over the editing of the magazine Das Gewissen (from 1918) and in 1928 changed the name to Der Ring. The June Club also had a ring as a symbol. Von Gleichen founded branches in other cities that called themselves rings and copied the model of British clubs and Masonic lodges.

While they were influential on parts of the Conservative Revolutionary Movement, how much influence the June Club and its successors had on actual political decisions is disputed.

In association with WWII, his estates, which were in the Soviet occupation zone, were confiscated.

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