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Summary:

Kurt Baron von Plettenberg (1891-1945) was the descendant of Westphalian aristocratic family, and a soldier in both world wars. The expectations, which he along with many of his later fellow conspirators of the 20 July 1944 plot to kill Hitler initially had of the 'Third Reich', are soon disappointed, when he recognises the true nature of the regime. When he accepts the office as general agent of the former Prussian royal house of the Hohenzollerns in 1942, he already belongs to the inner circle of the resistance planning Operation Valkyrie. After the assassination attempt, however, he is not immediately discovered as one of the conspirators. Out of consideration for the house of Hohenzollern, which Hitler considers to be his most dangerous internal enemy, he acted more carefully than many others.

Author/Creator:

Schmidt, Eberhard, 1939- , author

Contributors:

Plettenberg, Dorothea-Marion von

Plettenberg, Karl-Wilhelm von

Weschkun, Cordula , translator

Languages:

English
German

Language Notes:

Translated from the German.

Main Work:

Kurt von Plettenberg [by Schmidt, E.] (English)

Subjects:

Plettenberg, Kurt von, 1891-1945

Anti-Nazi movement — Germany — Biography

Operation Valkyrie, 1944

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-192) and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

DD247.P53 S3613 2016eb

ISBNs:

9781473856929 (electronic bk.)
1473856922 (electronic bk.)
9781473856912 [Invalid]
1473856914 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1053548181

Other Control Numbers:

EBC4873010 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp14551830