Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg: short biography

Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg

Online biography produced by the German Resistance Memorial Center. Also available are a vast selection of biographies of other members of the 'German resistance'. The physical museum and exhibition space in Berlin is a fantastic place to study and learn about this topic, although when I last visited, two-three years ago, much of the displays were in solely in German. Very much worth a visit, and the site of Stauffenberg's planning of the coup and execution by firing squad.

Link to biography (outside THF network).

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Richard J. Evans: Why did Stauffenberg plant the bomb?

Richard J. Evans: Why did Stauffenberg plant the bomb?

Was it because Hitler was losing the war? Was it to put an end to the mass murder of the Jews. Or was it to save Germany's honour? Whatever his motives for killing Hitler, Stauffenberg was no role model for future generations, says British historian Richard Evans, in an article published in Sign & Sight online. The article was originally published in Süddeutsche Zeitung, 23 January 2009.

Richard J. Evans is Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University.

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