Claus Von Stauffenberg
11/15/1907 - 7/20/1944
Scorpio
Last Words
"Es lebe das heilige Deutschland!"
Death & Legacy
Count Claus von Stauffenberg, the 37-year-old leader of the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, was executed by a firing squad in the courtyard of the War Ministry in Berlin. The count, a colonel in the general staff, was one of the last members of the German nobility to hold a high post in the Nazi regime.
Details
- Cause of Death
- Execution by firing squad
- Age at Death
- 36 years
- Funeral Location
- Alter St.-Matthäus-Kirchhof Cemetery, Berlin, Germany
- Final Resting Place
- Alter St.-Matthäus-Kirchhof Cemetery, Berlin, Germany