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Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
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Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg's Biography

Claus Philipp Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (15 November 1907 – 21 July 1944) was a German army officer and Roman Catholic aristocrat who was one of the leading members of the failed 20 July plot of 1944 to kill German dictator Adolf Hitler and remove the Nazi Party from power in World War II Germany. Along with Henning von Tresckow and Hans Oster, he was one of the central figures of the German Resistance movement within the Wehrmacht.

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  • News Source: Jerusalem Post | 4 months ago
    Romanian mayor has apologized for dressing up in a Nazi uniform with a swastika insignia, saying in an open letter Thursday that he is not a fascist or anti-Semite. Constanta mayor Radu Mazare expressed his regret to people who were offended by his
  • News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader | 4 months ago
    An anti-Semitism monitoring organization in Romania has filed an official complaint with prosecutors against a mayor for taking part in a fashion show dressed as a Nazi officer and wearing a swastika. Radu Mazare, the mayor of Constanta city, is no
  • News Source: Androscoggin News | 4 months ago
    Germany marks Hitler coup plotters Updated on 20 July 2009 Source PA News Four German army officers who tried but failed to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944 have been honoured posthumously, 65 years after they were executed...Colonel Claus Graf

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  • Blog Source: vladd.freeblogit.com | about 1 year ago
    Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, who, as chief of staff to Gen. Friedrich Fromm of Reserve Army Headquarters, routinely attended meetings at which Hitler was present. Mr. von Boeselager, assigned to an explosives research team, ...
  • Blog Source: forums.enturbulation.org | about 1 year ago
    But far from taking on the role of a bad guy, this is the Hollywood actor as Count Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg - the 'Good Nazi' who tried to blow up Hitler. Cruise has gone to extraordinary lengths to portray the aristocratic ...
  • Blog Source: whoviating.blogspot.com | about 1 year ago
    ... the Jews and by German atrocities that he witnessed as a lieutenant on the Eastern Front, joined an anti-Hitler conspiracy in 1942 and later took part in the plot being organized by Colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg. ...

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