[45], In an attempt to save his own life, co-conspirator General Friedrich Fromm, Commander-in-Chief of the Replacement Army present in the Bendlerblock (Headquarters of the Army), charged other conspirators in an impromptu court martial and condemned the ringleaders of the conspiracy to death. He also attended the poet's funeral in Locarno in 1926. August Neidhardt von Gneisenau is among his maternal ancestors. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/claus-von-stauffenberg-8579.php He originally planned to place two bombs under Hitler's desk, but was interrupted and was only able to arm one of them. [38], On D-Day, 6 June 1944, the Allies had landed in France. Although some of his fellow conspirators preferred just to arrest Hitler and take over the government, von Stauffenberg was adamant that the entire Nazi system had to be destroyed, including Hitler, which is why he volunteered to carry out the assassination personally, a task made easier by his recent appointment as Chief of Staff. It seems like everything that could have gone wrong for von Stauffenberg did that July day. He was also a good military leader-colonel-for the Axis German Reich. These demands included Germany retaining its 1914 eastern borders, including the Polish territories of Wielkopolska and Poznań. Conservatives were convinced that he was a ferocious Nazi, and ferocious Nazis were convinced he was an unreconstructed conservative. Then they saw Claus von Stauffenberg, and tried to capture him. Claus’s other brother Berthold was not so lucky. Claus Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg and his wife Nina leave the St. Jakob Church in Bamberg after the ceremony. He let things come to him, and then he made up his mind ... one of his characteristics was that he really enjoyed playing the devil's advocate. His two older brothers, Alexander and Berthold, were also twins. ("Long live our sacred Germany! Nina and Claus von Stauffenberg were favored by fortune. See more ideas about hitler, vons, best husband. Claus is described as having been a rather withdrawn child, although far from being shy. There is a film about Stauffenberg where Tom Cruse play his role. Claus von Stauffenberg Athough German and a member of the military, Claus von Stauffenberg never joined the Nazi party. [49], Another central figure in the plot was Stauffenberg's eldest brother, Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg. November 1907–20. Konstanze von Schulthess is the youngest daughter of unsuccessful Hitler assassin Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg and Nina Schenk Graefin von Stauffenberg. Stauffenberg's eldest son has said, however, that the children were told of the assassination attempt and their father's role in it by their mother. Claus developed passions for literature, music, arts and horseback riding at a very early age and kept them all his life. [39] Other demands included keeping such territorial gains as Austria and the Sudetenland within the Reich, giving autonomy to Alsace-Lorraine, and even expansion of the current wartime borders of Germany in the south by annexing Tyrol as far as Bozen and Meran. Was seriously wounded while stationed in Tunisia (April 1943), He lost his whole right hand, his left eye and two fingers of his left hand. On 20 July 1944 the plot was put into motion. After his return to Berlin, Stauffenberg immediately began to motivate his friends to initiate the second phase: the military coup against the Nazi leaders. Unfortunately, when General Helmuth Stieff, Chief of Operation at Army High Command, who had regular access to Hitler, backtracked from his earlier commitment to assassinate Hitler, Stauffenberg was forced to take on two critical roles: kill Hitler far from Berlin and trigger the military machine in Berlin during office hours of the very same day. Can you help? "[50] On 10 August 1944, Berthold was tried before Judge-President Roland Freisler in the special "People's Court" (Volksgerichtshof). Claus Philipp Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (pol. ", "The German who bombed Hitler when a plot to kill Hitler failed 50 years ago: retribution fell swiftly", Tom Russell, 2011, "3 Squadron and the 'Plot to Kill Hitler'", "The German officer who tried to kill Hitler", "Peter Hoffmann, "Oberst i. G. 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His mother was an Austrian-born countess form Eastern Prussia. [36], A detailed military plan was developed not only to occupy Berlin, but also to take the different headquarters of the German army and of Hitler in East Prussia by military force after the suicide assassination attempt by Axel von dem Bussche in late November 1943. As a child and teenager, he often missed school because he was ill, mainly with bronchitis and tonsillitis. His closest friend was his brother Berthold. His widow, who never remarried, died in 2006. His military record was impeccable. Stauffenberg did not engage in any coup plotting at this time. He took part in the attack on Poland, the German invasion of the Soviet Union and the Tunisian Campaign during the Second World War. Claus von Stauffenberg was a German army officer who, as the chief conspirator of the July Plot, carried out an failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler. He later taught himself how to write with his left hand. Along with Henning von Tresckow and Hans Oster, he was one of the central figures of the German Resistance movement within the Wehrmacht. Unfortunately, in his youth he suffered from poor health, and it was likely that this contributed to his lack of ambition, which in turn contributed to his "average" grades in school while his healthier older brothers managed to be straight-A students. Stauffenberg's mother was Caroline Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg, née Gräfin von Üxküll-Gyllenband, the daughter of Alfred Richard August Graf von Üxküll-Gyllenband and Valerie Gräfin von Following the plot's failure, she was arrested and imprisoned, during which time she delivered her youngest child. Although one of the best trainees of his age group, Claus was not popular with his superiors because of minor rule-breaking. Stauffenberg spent three months in a hospital in Munich, where he was treated by Ferdinand Sauerbruch. Surprisingly, he never had health problems because of his stressful and somewhat unhealthy lifestyle--he smoked several packs of cigarettes a day and also was "quite fond" of coffee and wine.In April 1943, now a colonel and serving in Tunisia, he was seriously wounded in combat--he lost his right hand, his left eye and two fingers of his left hand, in addition to receiving a leg injury, although it was not that serious. Arrested and later executed shortly before 1 a.m. on 7/21/1944. He even won a prize for one of his articles. |  Although Stauffenberg succeeded in placing a bomb in Hitler’s headquarters at Rastenburg (July 20, 1944), the explosion failed to kill Hitler. [7][8][9][10], Like his brothers, he was carefully educated and inclined toward literature, but eventually took up a military career. [33], For rehabilitation, Stauffenberg was sent to his home, Schloss Lautlingen (today a museum), then still one of the Stauffenberg castles in southern Germany. Four people died in … Claimed seriously when asked by Nina's mother that he only wanted to get married to avoid his family becoming extinct. The grandson of the man behind the plot to assassinate Hitler talks to historian Alex von Tunzelmann. ** GRAFIN NINA STAUFFENBURG was the wife of * Colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg , the leader of the failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler on 20 July 1944. View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro. Stefan George’s influence on Claus was immense and life-long. by Joachim Kramarz, Bonn 1967' by : F. L. Carsten, Martyn Housden,"Resistance and Conformity in the Third Reich";Routledge 1997;page 109–110. [42] He justified himself to Bussche by referring to the right under natural law (Naturrecht) to defend millions of people's lives from the criminal aggressions of Hitler. On 1 August 1944, for his role in the Plot’s collapse, Fliessbach was promoted to colonel. Claus von Stauffenberg. As a result, Stauffenberg was able to arm only one of the bombs. Juli 1944. The war, and his injuries, had changed him from a strong supporter of Hitler's regime into a fervent opponent of it, and he became one of the most important conspirators in a plan by senior army officers to overthrow Hitler. Januar 1936 in Lautlingen) war Oberhofmarschall von Wilhelm II., dem letzten König von Württemberg. However, the Stauffenberg brothers (Berthold and Claus) maintained contact with anti-regime figures such as the Kreisau Circle and former commanders like Hoepner. Schenk (i.e., cupbearer/butler) was an additional hereditary noble title. After the explosion von Stauffenberg saw a dead body being carried out of the building, believed it to be Hitler and notified his fellow conspirators in Berlin so they could put the second part of their plan into motion, which was to seize control of the government. Von Stauffenberg photo and image search. He left the second bomb with his aide-de-camp, Werner von Haeften, and returned to the briefing room, where he placed the briefcase under the conference table, as close as he could to Hitler. [laughs]. Schenk von Stauffenberg-Lerchenfeld, Magdalena “Nina”, born Lerchenfeld, on 27-08-1913 in Kaunas, Lithuania,to General Consul Gustav Freiherr von Lerchenfeld (1871–1944) and a Baltic-German noblewoman, Anna Freiin von Stackelberg (1880–1945). The assault at Sbiba was halted, so Rommel concentrated on Kasserine Pass where primarily the Italian 7th Bersaglieri Regiment and 131st Armoured Division Centauro had defeated the American defenders. Stauffenberg had married Nina Baroness (Freiherrin) von Lerchenfeld on 1933-11-26 in Bamberg. Aug 18, 2014 - The story reads that Schenk Graf Claus von Stauffenberg was a good husband, father, son and brother. +3. [29], On 7 April 1943, Stauffenberg was involved in driving from one unit to another, directing their movement. Berthold, along with the youngest brother Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, is known for leading the July 20 Plot against Hitler in 1944. Stauffenberg had von dem Bussche transmit these written orders personally to Major Kuhn once he had arrived at Wolfsschanze (Wolf's Lair) near Rastenburg, East Prussia. Was fluent in Russian, French and English and semi-fluent in Greek and Latin. Originally wanted to become a musician or an architect. The Bendlerstrasse was renamed the Stauffenbergstrasse, and the Bendlerblock now houses the Memorial to the German Resistance, a permanent exhibition with more than 5,000 photographs and documents showing the various resistance organizations at work during the Hitler era. The Stauffenberg family is one of the oldest and most distinguished aristocratic Catholic families of southern Germany. https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/claus-von-stauffenberg.html Tresckow began to recruit allies, eventually including Lieutenant Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, scion of one of the oldest and most respected families in southern Germany. The assassination attempt failed. [60], In 1980, the German government established a memorial for the failed anti-Nazi resistance movement in a part of the Bendlerblock, the remainder of which currently houses the Berlin offices of the German Ministry of Defense (whose main offices remain in Bonn). See more ideas about vons, hitler, operation valkyrie. On 19 February, Rommel launched his counter-offensive against British, American and French forces in Tunisia. Carice van Houten: Nina von Stauffenberg. Wrote poetry as a teenager and published articles as an adult. which states, "Was it because Hitler was losing the war? He further writes, "If then, as Evans notes with initial objectivity, Stauffenberg had a strong moral imperative – whether this stemmed from an aristocratic code of honour, Catholic doctrine or Romantic poetry – then this also underpinned his initial affinity for National Socialism which Stauffenberg misinterpreted as 'spiritual renewal'". He and his wife had three sons and two daughters: Berthold (named after Claus' brother), Heimeran, Franz-Ludwig, Valerie and Konstanze. But by the beginning of September 1943, after a somewhat slow recovery from his wounds, he was propositioned by the conspirators and was introduced to Henning von Tresckow as a staff officer to the headquarters of the Ersatzheer ("Replacement Army" – charged with training soldiers to reinforce first line divisions at the front), located on the Bendlerstrasse (later Stauffenbergstrasse) in Berlin. 15 listopada 1907 w Jettingen w Bawarii, zm. [15], While his uncle, Nikolaus Graf von Üxküll-Gyllenband, together with Fritz-Dietlof von der Schulenburg, had approached him before to join the resistance movement against the Hitler regime, it was only after the Polish campaign that Stauffenberg began to consider it. An avid horseman, he often went on horseback rides until going to work. Search six million images spanning more than 25,000 years of world history, from before the Stone Age to the dawn of the Space Age and find the perfect picture for your project from Granger. [43], Stauffenberg's part in the original plan required him to stay at the Bendlerstraße offices in Berlin, so he could phone regular army units all over Europe in an attempt to convince them to arrest leaders of Nazi political organisations such as the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) and the Gestapo. Berthold, Heimeran, Franz-Ludwig and Valerie, who were not told of their father's deed,[63] were placed in a foster home for the remainder of the war and were forced to use new surnames, as Stauffenberg became considered taboo.[64]. Claus von Stauffenberg - bohater czy kontrowersyjna postać? They also included civilians, even social democrats like Julius Leber, in their scenarios for an administration after Hitler. The other two had been attracted primarily by a political ideology. Had a twin brother, Konrad Maria, who died when he was just one day old. Nina Countess Schenk von Stauffenberg, who died on Sunday aged 92, was the widow of the German officer who attempted to assassinate Hitler with … But I have no fear that this will not occur". [23], According to Hoffman, citing Brigadier Oskar Alfred-Berger's letters, Stauffenberg had commented openly on the ill-treatment of the Jews when he "expressed outrage and shock on this subject to fellow officers in the General Staff Headquarters in Vinnitsa (Ukraine) during the summer of 1942. A Grand Tattoo for him was held on 11/15/ 2007,ll which would have been his 100th birthday, in his birthplace. In the final months of his coup preparation, Claus was often heard to quote George’s poem ‘The Antichrist’ – which eerily prefigures Hitler. "[25], In November 1942, the Allies landed in French North Africa, and the 10th Panzer Division occupied Vichy France (Case Anton) before being transferred to fight in the Tunisia Campaign, as part of the Afrika Korps. Was it to put an end to the mass murder of the Jews. Gisevius disliked Stauffenberg. [62] They had five children: Berthold; Heimeran; Franz-Ludwig; Valerie; and Konstanze, who was born in Frankfurt on the Oder seven months after Stauffenberg's execution. Alexander von Stauffenberg, Claus’s brother who was fighting in Greece and had nothing to do with the conspiracy, was sent to Dachau and was able to live long enough to be liberated by the Allies. Hitler was appointed Chancellor the same year Claus married his wife, Nina. Claus Philipp Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (German: [klaʊ̯s ʃɛŋk ɡʁaːf fɔn ˈʃtaʊ̯fn̩.bɛʁk] (listen); 15 November 1907 – 20 July 1944)[1] was a German army officer best known for his failed attempt on 20 July 1944 to assassinate Adolf Hitler at the Wolf's Lair and remove the Nazi Party from power. This fact was purposely left out in the movie. Claus Philipp Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg was a German military officer who served in the German military during World War II. Tresckow began to recruit allies, eventually including Lieutenant Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, scion of one of the oldest and most respected families in southern Germany. Therefore, it was possible for Helldorf to throw everything overboard at once: Hitler, the Party, the entire system. Podziel się Udostęnij Wykop Skomentuj 19 Udostępnij Dziś prezentujemy ciekawą polemikę między wicemarszałkiem Sejmu Stefafem Niesiołowskim a zastępcą redaktora naczelnego „Faktu” Piotrem Bugajskim na temat organizatora zamachu na Hitlera płk. Pregnant Nina von Stauffenberg, who barely had known anything about the plot, was taken into clan liability and gave birth to daughter Konstanze on 27 January 1945, in a Nazi maternity clinic. [47][48] He was one of the foremost figures in the failed 20 July plot of 1944 to assassinate Adolf Hitler and overthrow the Nazi Party. Many thought the plotters wanted to kill Hitler in order to end the war and to avoid the loss of their privileges as professional officers and members of the nobility. [5], On 11 November 1919, a new constitutional law, as part of the Weimar Republic, abolished the privileges of nobility. Berthold went on to become a general in West Germany's post-war Bundeswehr. During the German presidential election, 1932, he voiced support for Hitler: The idea of the Führer principle [...] bound together with a Volksgemeinschaft, the principle "The community good before the individual good," and the fight against corruption, the fight against the spirit of the large urban cities, the racial thought (Rassengedanke), and the will towards a new German-formed legal order appears to us healthy and auspicious. Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg pocházel ze staré šlechtické rodiny Stauffenbergů.V roce 1928 absolvoval jezdeckou školu v Hannoveru.V lednu 1943 byl povýšen na podplukovníka generálního štábu 10. obrněné divize, která se účastnila války v Africe.V dubnu 1943 byl těžce zraněn (při náletu přišel o oko, pravou paži a dva prsty na levé ruce). Claus hrabia Schenk von Stauffenberg) (ur. Životopis. Due to the heat, … Among his maternal Protestant ancestors were several famous Prussians, including Field Marshal August von Gneisenau. He was made a canon of Konstanz Cathedral in 1667. Article 109 also stated, "Legal privileges or disadvantages based on birth or social standing are to be abolished. His wife, nicknamed "Nina", was born 8/27/1913, which made her nearly six years younger than her husband, in Lithuania (back then Russia) to a German-speaking family. He also worked as a military interpreter for English once. This court was established by Hitler for political offences. Skilled in singing and playing both violoncello and piano, Claus considered becoming a musician at one point, but had more serious plans about studying architecture. Was known to be very humorous and joked after only three of his fingers remained he never knew what to do with that many fingers anyway. Tresckow convinced him to go on with it even if it had no chance of success at all, "The assassination must be attempted. Claus Philipp Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg commonly referred to as Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (November 15 th, 1907 – July 21 st, 1944), was a German army officer and aristocrat who was one of the leading members of the failed 20 July plot of 1944 to assassinate Adolf Hitler and remove the Nazi Party from power. It had been unusually hot and humid that day. [asked if he drank often or much] Gladly often much! Claus von Stauffenberg Biografický portál Claus Philipp Maria Justinian Schenk gróf von Stauffenberg (* 15. november 1907 , Jettingen , Nemecko – † 21. júl 1944 , Berlín ) bol nemecký dôstojník generálneho štábu, organizátor neúspešného atentátu na Hitlera . Learned to speak English to native level within two years. Stauffenberg lost his left eye, his right hand, and two fingers on his left hand. December 31, 2020 at 11:30 AM. Official Sites, Wavy chestnut hair, very light skin and piercing blue eyes, One of the leading figures of the 7/20/1944 plot by German army officers to assassinate. His military record was impeccable. [17], Moreover, Stauffenberg remained a practicing Catholic. Konstanze was actually born after her father's death. His grandson, Philipp von Schulthess, will be in the movie "Valkyrie" which is about the plot. Alexander was the younger twin of Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg. The stone monument was placed there by the German government in 1996 to mark the exact spot where Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg placed the briefcase carrying an explosive devise meant to kill Hitler. Before he was killed, Berthold was strangled and then revived multiple times. Berthold had actually taken part in the conspiracy, and he and hundreds of prisoners were sentenced to death by hanging. These crimes must not be allowed to continue. Hohenthal. [to Friedrich Fromm's secretary when realizing the July 20 plot has failed] They have all left me high and dry. Claus von Stauffenberg is in my lists of noble men because he gave everything to stop injustice. Historian Peter Hoffman questions Gisevius's evaluations based on the latter's brief acquaintance with Stauffenberg, misreporting of Stauffenberg's actions, and apparent rivalry with him: Gisevius met Stauffenberg for the first time in Berlin on July 12, 1944, eight days before the colonel's last assassination attempt against Hitler. "),[46][47] or, possibly, "Es lebe das geheime Deutschland!" He took part in the attack on Poland, the German invasion of the Soviet Union and the Tunisian Campaign during the Second World War. Claus von Stauffenberg was born in Jettingen, Germany on November 15, 1907. Suffered a broken collarbone when he fell off a horse in 1936. Quotes [from trailer] Col. Claus von Stauffenberg : If I fail, they'll come for you. From the beginning of September 1943 until 20 July 1944, Stauffenberg was the driving force behind the plot to assassinate Hitler and take control of Germany. Nina and Claus von Stauffenberg | Bundesarchiv Bild via Wikipedia. Hours after his flight back to Berlin von Stauffenberg was arrested, as were many of the other conspirators. Wilhelm Franz Canaris was born on 1 January 1887. Tresckow did not return to Germany, as he committed suicide at Królowy Most, Poland in 1944, after learning of the plot's failure. In his youth, he belonged to Stefan George's circle and remained a disciple of the great poet for the rest of his life. This was a difficult task for him as he had lost his right hand and had only three fingers on his left hand. He also visited England for several weeks twice. Showing all 8 items Jump to: Photos (7) Quotes (1) Photos . Only an immediate armistice could avoid more unnecessary bloodshed and further damage to Germany, its people, and other European nations. Claus Schenk, Count von Stauffenberg, lost his eye and fingers on one hand to an Allied bombing raid while he was serving in Africa. Daughter Valerie was born on his 33rd birthday. ("Long live the secret Germany! Eventually, over 20,000 Germans were killed or sent to concentration camps in the purge.[52]. He held the hereditary titles of "Graf" (count) and "Schenk" (cupbearer). One year later he was transferred for additional training to Dresden's cavalry school. Stauffenberg, like most other German professional military officers, had absolutely no doubt that the war was lost. Stauffenberg declined at the time, reasoning that all German soldiers had pledged allegiance not to the institution of the presidency of the German Reich, but to the person of Adolf Hitler, due to the Führereid introduced in 1934. [32] He jokingly remarked to friends never to have really known what to do with so many fingers when he still had all of them. A charismatic German resistance member and would-be assassin of Adolf Hitler, Claus Phillip Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg was born 15 November 1907, 1:00 a.m. CET, in the family's castle in the small Bavarian town of Jettingen (today known as Jettingen-Scheppach). September 1860 in Amerdingen; † 20. Von Stauffenberg was one of the few officers who had direct access to Hitler's headquarters in Rastenburg, Eastern Prussia. They were aristocrats. Unfortunately, he was wrong--the body was obviously not that of Hitler, who had survived with only minor injuries because the wooden support of the desk absorbed most of the blast from the bomb. [45], Stauffenberg was third in line to be executed, with Lieutenant von Haeften after. Famous People of the History they died young! Who resisted the Third Reich and why did they do it? Was Baltic/Austrian from his mother's side and Swabian from his father's side. She recalled her husband something of a “devil’s advocate” who was neither a staunch Nazi supporter nor a conservative. The Valkyrie plan had been agreed to by Hitler but was secretly changed to sweep the rest of his regime from power in the event of his death. In 1989, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev presented these documents to then-German chancellor Dr. Helmut Kohl. He sensed that this dynamic leader would be an obstacle to his own far-reaching ambitions and intrigues. After his exit, the briefcase was moved by Colonel Heinz Brandt. He would quote George's The Anti-Christ when recruiting friends and trusted colleagues into the conspiracy. Presiding over the household of six boisterous children were Clauss wife, Nina; the c… Reduced to a formula, he wanted the nation to remain soldierly and become socialistic (p. 503). Became a member of poet Stefan George's circle of acquaintances, which was called "George-Kreis", when he was 16. A guard knocked and opened the door, urging him to hurry as the meeting was about to begin. Admired poet Stefan George and often quoted him. This requirement greatly reduced the chance of a successful coup. [54], British historian Richard J. Evans, in his books on the Third Reich,[55] covered various aspects of Stauffenberg's beliefs and philosophy. Stauffenberg had shifted to the rebel side only after Stalingrad (p. 512). In 1926 he finished school, by which time he had changed his career plans from music to the military and soon enlisted in the army, and after training was posted to the 17th Cavalry Regiment in Bamberg. Treason the Book. We have been unable to find a photograph of Herbert Fliessbach, or to determine his date of birth. Four children resulted from the marriage: Berthold Maria (born 3 July 1934), Heimeran (born 9 July 1936), Franz Ludwig (born 4 May 1938) and Valerie (born 15 November 1940). Stauffenberg had been transferred to the organizational department of OKH during the idle months of the so-called Phoney War (1939–1940, before the Battle of France). 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