Jolanthe von Brandenstein[1] (15 August 1925 – 4 February 2019), known by her pen name Leonie Ossowski, was a German writer.

[3] Ossowski worked at various jobs, including sales clerk, factory worker and photo lab assistant.

A year later, she published the novel Stern ohne Himmel [de] (Star Without a Sky),[2][5] which was later made into a film.

[3] She visited her birthplace in 1974, and wrote a trilogy of novels about the war and post-war periods there, showing empathy for the Polish view.

It was filmed as an award-winning three-part television play The Great Runaway [de] with Richy Müller, presented in 1979.