Claus von Stauffenberg

Claus Philipp Maria Justinian Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg^[1] (15 November 1907 – 21 July 1944) was a German army officer and Catholic aristocrat in the Wehrmacht.

Claus Philipp Maria Justinian Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
Stauffenberg at the Kavallerieregiment 17 during 1936
Born	Claus Philipp Maria Schenk (1907-11-15)15 November 1907 Jettingen, Kingdom of Bavaria, Germany
Died	21 July 1944(1944-07-21) (aged 36) Berlin, Germany
Cause of death	Execution by Firing Squad
Nationality	German
Employer	Wehrmacht Heer
Known for	20 July plot coordinator
Title	Oberst (Colonel)
Spouse	Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg
Parent(s)	Alfred Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg Caroline Schenk Gräfin (von Stauffenberg family)
Relatives	Gm Berthold Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (son), Franz-Ludwig Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (son)

Stauffenberg was a leader of the failed 20 July plot of 1944 during World War 2 that aimed to kill the German Nazi dictator, Adolf Hitler, and to remove the Nazi Party from power in Germany. With Henning von Tresckow and Hans Oster, Stauffenberg was one of the central figures of the German resistance within the Wehrmacht. For his involvement in the plot to kill Hitler, Stauffenberg was executed, as were many other German resistance members. He was an army infantry soldier (1926-1930) and Army Infantry Officer (1930-1944) in the German Army of both the Reichswehr (1926-1935) and the Wehrmacht (1935-1944) militaries of both the Weimar Era and Nazi Era of Germany .