Werner Von Haeften

Werner Von Haeften

Werner Karl von Haeften (9 October 1908 – 21 July 1944) was an Oberleutnant in the Wehrmacht, who took part in the military-based conspiracy against Adolf Hitler known as the 20 July plot. He is considered a hero of the German resistance to the tyranny of the German Third Reich.

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