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(1) Carl Goerdeler had doubts about Claus von Stauffenberg when he joined the German Resistance in
Stauffenberg revealed himself as a cranky, obstinate fellow who wanted to play politics. I had many a row with him, but greatly esteemed him. He wanted to steer a dubious political course with the left-wing Socialists and the Communists, and gave me a bad time with his overwhelming egotism.
(2) Henning von Tresckow, message to Claus von Stauffenberg (July, )
The assassination must be attempted, at any cost. Even should that fail, the attempt to seize power in the capital must be undertaken. We must prove to the world and to future generations that the men of the German Resistance movement dared to take the decisive step and to hazard their lives upon it. Compared with this, nothing else matters.
(3) Albert Speer, Inside the Third Reich ()
General Schmundt, Hitler's chief adjutant, had picked Count Stauffenberg to serve as Fromm's chief of staff and to inject some force into the work of the flagging general. As Schmundt explained to me, Stauffenberg was considered one of the most dynamic and competent officers in the Germa
July 20, , found the Stauffenberg family gathered, as they had so many summers before, at their rambling country house in the village of Lautlingen, in the rolling Swabian Alps of southern Germany. With the war in its fifth year and taking an increasingly ominous turn for Germany, most of the adult male members of the aristocratic Catholic clan—twins Alexander and Berthold, and their brilliant younger brother Claus—were absent. Presiding over the household of six boisterous children were Claus’s wife, Nina; the children’s grandmother, Caroline, and their great-aunt Alexandrine; and their great-uncle Nikolaus Üxküll, known to all as “Uncle Nux.” Only he knew that their lives were about to be shattered.
“By then the war was getting uncomfortably close,” Claus’s eldest son, Berthold, recalled in a recent interview—which made the escape from their house in Bamberg, some miles to the northeast, especially welcome. “Even in that provincial backwater there were constant air raids and raid alarms, and I had to sit my school exams in an underground shelter. The continual memorial services for those who had fallen at the front—at which I often served as a Catholic altar boy—were another
Banco de dados da Segunda Guerra Mundial (WW2DB)
Claus von Stauffenberg
Surname Stauffenberg Given Name Claus Born 15 Nov Died 21 Jul Country Germany Category Military-Ground Gender Male Contributor: C. Peter Chen
ww2dbaseClaus Philipp Maria Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg was born in Jettingen in the Kingdom of Bavaria as the third of three sons in an aristocratic family. His father Alfred Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg was a general in the Kingdom of Württemberg and his ancestors include famous Prussian figures such as August von Gneisenau. In he joined the 17th Cavalry Regiment despite his inclination for literature and the arts. When Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party rose to power, he was at first drawn to the nationalistic pride in rebuilding the devastated post-WW1 Germany, but he very quickly discovered the twisted ideals of the anti-Semitic regime, especially after Kristallnacht in Nov He remained in the Germany Army despite of his disgust in the new government, leading his unit in the Sixth Panzer Division in the occupation of Sudetenland and in the campaigns in Poland, France, and Russia. He was awarded the Iron Cross First Cla
Claus Philipp Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg was born November 15th in Jettingen, Bavaria, the youngest of three sons. His twin brother Konrad died one day after birth. The elder brothers Berthold and Alexander were twins as well. The Von Stauffenberg family stemmed from an aristocratic, years old Schwabian lineage of prominent nobility. Clausâ father, Alfred Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg was a Major in the Cavalry, Commander in the Order of the Holy Joris and the last lord chamberlain of the King of Württemberg. Afterwards he became chairman of the revenue office until his retirement in Carolina, Gräfin Schenk von Stauffenberg had been lady in waiting of the Queen of Württemberg. Clausâ great-great-grandfather was the famous Generalfeldmarschall Von Gneisenau, one of the heroes of the time of Napoleon and co-founder of the Prussian General Staff. Claus was also a relative of Generalfeldmarschall Graf York von Wartenburg, a celebrity from the war against Napoleon as well.
In , the Roman Catholic family moved to Lautlingen in the Schwabian Alps where they possessed an estate. Claus attended the Eberhard-Ludwigsschule in Stuttgart, a famous, years old institution. He of
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