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Henning Von Tresckow

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Henning Von Tresckow

Birth
Magdeburg, Stadtkreis Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Death
21 Jul 1944 (aged 43)
Białystok, Miasto Białystok, Podlaskie, Poland
Burial
Cremated, Location of ashes is unknown. Specifically: body cremated at Sachsenhausen concentration camp Add to Map
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Major General in the German Wehrmacht who organized German resistance against Adolf Hitler. He attempted to assassinate Hitler in March 1943 and drafted the Valkyrie plan for a coup against the Nazi regime.
When the plot failed he commited suicide by blowing himself up with a hand grenade.
Major General in the German Wehrmacht who organized German resistance against Adolf Hitler. He attempted to assassinate Hitler in March 1943 and drafted the Valkyrie plan for a coup against the Nazi regime.
When the plot failed he commited suicide by blowing himself up with a hand grenade.

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