Ludwig Beck/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Ludwig Beck.

(1880-1944) General in the German Army, removed from his position of Army Chief of Staff in 1938 for plotting against the Nazi regime; considered assassination in 1940 with Carl Goerdeler; committed suicide after the failure of the 1944 assassination attempt against Hitler; the conspirators planned to install him as chief of state