Philipp Von Boeselager

Philipp Von Boeselager

Oberstleutnant Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager (6 September 1917 – 1 May 2008) was the second-to-last surviving member of the July 20 Plot, a conspiracy among high-ranking Wehrmacht officers to assassinate German dictator Adolf Hitler in 1944.

Read more about Philipp Von Boeselager:  Early Life, Von Boeselager's Part in The Conspiracy Against Hitler, Honors, Post-war Life

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