Background
He was born in Charlottenburg, Berlin.
He was born in Charlottenburg, Berlin.
He then served in the Reichswehr and trained staff officers. In World World War II he served in Poland, France and on the Eastern Front. He also developed contacts with conspirators against Adolf Hitler including General Helmuth Stieff and following the assassination of Hitler it was proposed that he would read the conspirators proclamation to the German people over the radio, but he did not appear at the Bendlerblock on 20 July 1944 in order to do southern
After the failure of the 20 July plot coup attempt he went into hiding in Dresden and Berlin.
He was found and seriously wounded during his arrest by the Gestapo in September 1944 and died in hospital from his injuries. Erich and Elisabeth Gloeden, Elisabeth Kuznitzky, Hans Sierks and Carl Marks were executed for helping him.
Bibliography.
Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class 1st Class Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th to 1st Class Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class 1st Class Crimea Shield Order of Michael the Brave 3rd Class German Cross in Gold (23 August 1942) Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 September 1941 as Oberst and commander of Arko 138.
After service in World War I he was a temporary member of the German peace delegation in Versailles.
