Stauffenberg with Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim in June 1944
Birth name
Claus Philipp Maria Justinian Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
Born
(1907-11-15)15 November 1907 Jettingen, Bavaria, German Empire
Died
21 July 1944(1944-07-21) (aged 36) Berlin, Gau Berlin, Nazi Germany
Cause of death
Execution by firing squad
Allegiance
Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany
German resistance (1943–1944)
Branch
Reichsheer
German Army
Years
1926–1944
Rank
Oberst im Generalstab
Battles
World War II
Invasion of Poland
Battle of France
Operation Barbarossa
Tunisian campaign
Spouse(s)
Magdalena Freiin von Lerchenfeld
(m. 1933)
Children
5, including Berthold, Franz-Ludwig and Konstanze
Relations
Alexander Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (brother)
Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (brother)
Claus von Stauffenberg (German:[ˈklaʊ̯sˈfɔnˈʃtaʊ̯fn̩bɛʁk]ⓘ; 15 November 1907 – 21 July 1944) was a German army officer who is best known for his failed attempt on 20 July 1944 to assassinate Adolf Hitler at the Wolf's Lair.
Alongside Major Generals Henning von Tresckow and Hans Oster, Stauffenberg was a central figure in the conspiracy against Hitler within the Wehrmacht. Shortly following the failed Operation Valkyrie plot, he was executed by firing squad.
As a military officer from a noble background, Stauffenberg took part in the Invasion of Poland, the 1941–42 invasion of the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa and the Tunisian campaign during the Second World War.
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