- 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-ColonelBernhard Klamroth , involved in theJuly 20 Plot to assassinateAdolf Hitler .After the bombing at the
Wolf's Lair inEast Prussia on20 July 1944 failed to kill Hitler, Klamroth was arrested and, after a show trial at the "Volksgerichtshof " on15 August , sentenced to death for keeping his knowledge of the plot to himself. He was executed atPlötzensee Prison inBerlin on26 August .The
Halberstadt -born businessman was originally a follower ofNational Socialism and anNSDAP and SS member; he also served as a major in the reserve as an intelligence officer in theWehrmacht .His daughter, television journalist
Wibke Bruhns (1938– ), published her father'sbiography 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]
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