1944 assassination attempt against Hitler/Related Articles

Parent articles

• Adolf Hitler [r]: (1889–1945) Politician in Germany; became 1921 Nazi Party leader, 1933 Reichskanzler (Chancellor), then 1934 as der Führer dictator before and during World War II. ^[e]
• German Resistance [r]: Individuals and groups in Nazi Germany who opposed the regime of Adolf Hitler between 1933 and 1945. ^[e]

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Conspirators

• Ludwig Beck [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Hans von Boineburg-Lengsfeld [r]: General Leutnant (major general equivalent), Commandant of the Paris garrison during 1944 assassination attempt against Hitler; escaped arrest as part of deal to release Paris SS ^[e]
• Dietrich Bonhoeffer [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Wilhelm Canaris [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Hans von Dohnanyi [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Erich Fellgiebel [r]: General of Communications Troops (equiv. Allied lieutenant general) in the WWII German Army, overall military communications chief; failed to cut Adolf Hitler's communications after the 1944 assassination attempt against Hitler and thus doomed the Operation Valkyrie coup; executed ^[e]
• Eberhard Finckh [r]: Colonel, Deputy Chief of Staff West; took part in July 20 arrests of SS in Paris; executed for 1944 assassination attempt against Hitler ^[e]
• Eugen Gerstenmaier [r]: (1906-1986) Theologian; Only civilian arrested at Ersatzheer headquarters on the Bendlerstrasse, during the 1944 assassination attempt against Hitler; arrested, tried, and while the death sentence was requested, received 10 years; president of the German Parliament (Christian Democrat), 1954-1969 ^[e]
• Carl Goedeler [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Ulrich Hassell [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Werner von Haeften [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Caesar von Hofacker [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Kreisau Circle [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Julius Leber [r]: (1891-1945) German liberal journalist, elected to Reichstag 1924 and became part of anti-Nazi bloc, arrested by Nazis in 1933, held for 4 years; rejoined opposition; arrested for suspicion in 1944 assassination attempt against Hitler and executed after two months of silence ^[e]
• Friedrich Olbricht [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Hans Oster [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Fabian Schlabrendorff [r]: (1907-1980) Attorney who became wartime adjutant to Henning von Tresckow; member of German Resistance who tried to bomb Hitler's plane in 1943 but was not discovered; arrested in 1944 assassination attempt against Hitler, acquitted of treason; judge of the German Constitutional Court (1967-1975) ^[e]
• Claus von Stauffenberg [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Carl-Heinrich von Stuelpnagel [r]: General of Infantry (lieutenant general equivalent), German Army; Military Governor of Paris at the time of the 1944 assassination attempt against Hitler; attempted suicide on return for trial but recovered to be hanged ^[e]
• Henning von Tresckow [r]: (1901-1945) Generalmajor in the German Army and an early member of the German Resistance; Chief of Staff of Army Group South (Russian Front) at the time of the 1944 assassination attempt against Hitler, but aware of it and committed suicide after the coup failed ^[e]
• Peter von Wartenburg [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Erwin von Witzleben [r]: Add brief definition or description

Had knowledge

• Friedrich Fromm [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Erwin Rommel [r]: Add brief definition or description

Suppression

• Roland Freisler [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Joseph Goebbels [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Heinz Guderian [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Wilhelm Keitel [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Heinrich Müller [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Hans Pannwitz [r]: Add brief definition or description Mueller's Gestapo subordinate who ran Rote Kapelle
• Ernst-Otto Remer [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Gerd von Rundstedt [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Otto Skorzeny [r]: Add brief definition or description

Plans

• Operation Valkyrie [r]: Add brief definition or description

Related topics

• Ersatzheer [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Bendlerstrasse [r]: Add brief definition or description