His remark repeated what are widely claimed to be the last words of Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, hauled before a firing squad after his assassination attempt against Adolf Hitler on July 20 ...

But when Tresckow was deployed to the Eastern Front to fight the Soviets, the plotters turned to another man: Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg ... and shot by firing squad on the spot that night ...

On 20 July 1944, a 36-year-old German army officer, Col Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, arrived at a heavily guarded complex hidden in a forest in East Prussia. His mission was to kill Adolf ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Claus von Stauffenberg was born in Jettingen, Germany on November 15, 1907.

No other act of resistance against Adolf Hitler had such a long-term impact as the assassination attempt by Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg ... and executed by firing squad that night.