Berthold Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg (1905-1944), the elder Berthold

Berthold Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg is the name of both the brother and the son of Claus Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg, a German aristocrat and army colonel during World War II. Berthold von Stauffenberg File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Berthold von Stauffenberg File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Claus von Stauffenberg Claus Philipp Maria Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg (born November 15, 1907 in Jettingen, Bavarian Swabia; died July 21, 1944 in Berlin) was a German aristocrat and army colonel during World War II. He was one of the leading figures of the July 20 Plot to assassinate Adolf...

The Brother

The brother of Claus and uncle of young Berthold lived from (March 15, 1905 until August 10, 1944). He was a German lawyer and conspirator in the July 20 Plot. March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Widerstand (German: resistance) is the name given to the resistance movements in Nazi Germany. ... Claus von Stauffenberg The July 20 Plot was a failed coup détat and attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler. ...

He was the oldest of three brothers, the others being Alexander and Claus, born into one of the oldest and most distinguished aristocratic South German Catholic families. His parents were the last Oberhofmarschall of the Kingdom of Württemberg, Alfred Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, and Caroline née von Üxküll-Gyllenbrand. Among his ancestors were several famous Prussians, including most notably August von Gneisenau. His name points to the imperial Stauffen Berg mountain and castle. Claus von Stauffenberg Claus Philipp Maria Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg (born November 15, 1907 in Jettingen, Bavarian Swabia; died July 21, 1944 in Berlin) was a German aristocrat and army colonel during World War II. He was one of the leading figures of the July 20 Plot to assassinate Adolf... Württemberg (often spelled Wurttemberg in English) refers to an area and a former state in Swabia, a region in south-western Germany. ... The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 The word Prussia (Old Prussian: PrÅ«sa, German: Preußen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: PrÅ«sai, Latin: Borussia) has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad... August Wilhelm Antonius Graf Neidhardt von Gneisenau (en: August Wilhelm Anton, Count Neithardt von Gneisenau) (27 October 1760 – 24 August 1831) was a Prussian field marshal. ...

A lawyer, he became instructor in international law at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Foreign and International Law in 1927. He worked at the Hague from 1930-32. Married Maria Classen. In 1939 he joined the navy, working in the High Command as a staff judge. Arms of The Hague The Hague (with capital T; Dutch: Den Haag, or officially s-Gravenhage) is the administrative capital of the Netherlands, located in the west of the country, in the province South Holland of which it is also the capital. ...

His brother, Claus, planted a bomb at the Führer's briefing hut at the military high command in Rastenburg, East Prussia on July 20, 1944 and then flew to Berlin, where he met up with Berthold at Rangsdorf airfield and they went to Bendlerstrasse, which the coup leaders intended to use as the centre of their operations in Berlin. Kętrzyn is a town in north-eastern Poland with 30,300 inhabitants (1995). ... East Prussia (German: Ostpreu en; Polish: Prusy Wschodnie; Russian: Восточная Пруссия — Vostochnaya Prussiya) was a province of Kingdom of Prussia, situated on the territory of former Ducal Prussia. ... July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 164 days remaining. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... (help· info), IPA: , is the capital city as well as a state of Germany, and also the countrys largest city. ...

Berthold and his brother were arrested at Bendlerstrasse. Claus was executed by firing squad that night. Berthold was tried in the Volksgerichtshof by Roland Freisler on 10 August and was one of eight conspirators executed by strangulation, hung slowly in Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, later that day. The Volksgerichtshof (German for Peoples Court) was a court established by Hitler after the Reichstag fire to handle those accused of political criminal offences, such as treason. ... Roland Freisler (October 30, 1893 - February 3, 1945) was a prominent Nazi. ... August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Plötzensee is a lake in Berlin with an area of 7. ...

At the evening of 20th July 1944 the doctors and aids wanted t, could remove more than 100 wooden pieces out of Hitler's leg. Without that, Hitler had got what he had earned: the death penalty. The same at the 1. Oct. 1944, when hitler sufferd a completet eclipse. Only medical care could enable "den geilen Deppen aus Braunau" to carry on, the followers. Hitler wanted, well again, to exterminate the german family von Stauffenberg, orderd "Sippenhaft", 10 members to destroy community by hostagetaking and involving, autodafés, no trials, false IDs, sustainable destroy repair of the Rechtsstaatsgedanken, -praxis, lifes, a (illegal) position in the lead of their "art", to take/give legal notice, aimed to destroy the best, (fachlich und moralisch Geeigneten), the advantagetakers/givers by strange anyones, anyhows, anytimes, too much vain injustice, which can't be bend. That "lawhumiliation (Rechtschändung)" (copyright by the von Moltkes, 1943, Original-docs. O&W archives, Beaureau-Lankwitz, at the United Nations-Weltsicherheitsrat/World Security Council) is not acceptable. (nicht hinnehmbar)

The Son

The son of Claus and nephew of Berthold was born July 3, 1934. He graduated from Salem and became an officer in West Germany's new army as soon as it was established in the 1950's. As Supreme Commander of Territorial Command South, he retired in 1994 with the rank of Generalmajor. He lives in Southern Germany. July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Salem, ca. ...

Notes

• Note regarding personal names: Graf is a title, translated as Count, not a first or middle name. The female form is Gräfin.

Graf (from the Latin Grafio scribe from the Greek) is a German noble title equal in rank to a count (derived from the Latin Comes, with a history of its own) or a British earl (an original Anglo-Saxon title). ... Look up Count in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Countess redirects here. ... Graf (from the Latin Grafio scribe from the Greek) is a German noble title equal in rank to a count (derived from the Latin Comes, with a history of its own) or a British earl (an original Anglo-Saxon title). ...

External links

• German local newspaper on the 70th birthday of the son