Alexander Schenk Graf Von Stauffenberg
Alexander Franz Clemens Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (15 March 1905 in Stuttgart – 27 January 1964 in Munich) was a German aristocrat and historian. His older twin brother Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, along with his youngest brother Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, led the July 20 Plot against Hitler in 1944.
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