Hans Georg Klamroth

Hans Georg Klamroth (12 October 1898 – 26 August 1944) was, by his knowledge of the plans through distant relatives and his son-in-law Lieutenant-Colonel Bernhard Klamroth, involved in the July 20 Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.

After the bombing at the Wolf's Lair in East Prussia on 20 July 1944 failed to kill Hitler, Klamroth was arrested and, after a show trial at the "Volksgerichtshof" on 15 August, sentenced to death for keeping his knowledge of the plot to himself. He was executed at Plötzensee Prison in Berlin on 26 August.

The Halberstadt-born businessman was originally a follower of National Socialism and an NSDAP and SS member; he also served as a major in the reserve as an intelligence officer in the Wehrmacht.

His daughter, television journalist Wibke Bruhns (1938– ), published her father's biography in 2004. The book, "Meines Vaters Land" ("My Father's Land"), spawned much discussion.

Literature

* Wibke Bruhns: "Meines Vaters Land. Geschichten einer deutschen Familie." München: ECON-Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-430-22571-X

External links

* [http://www.gedenkstaette-ploetzensee.de/zoom/12_3_dt.html Court document from Gedenkstätte Plötzensee]
* [http://www.daserste.de/druckfrisch/thema_dyn~id,33~cm.asp Brief biography]