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Friedrich Karl Klausing
Friedrich Karl Klausing (24 May 1920 – 8 August 1944) was a resistance fighter in Nazi Germany, and one of the 20 July Plotters. Biography Friedrich Klausing was born in Munich, Germany. During his teens he served in the Hitler Youth and Reichsarbeitsdienst (State Labour Service). Military career He joined the ''Wehrmacht'' in the autumn of 1938, belonged to the Potsdam Infantry Regiment 9 and fought and was wounded at the Battle of Stalingrad. In July 1943 Klausing was wounded again during the Battle of Wolchow (Volkhov) near Lake Ladoga (Leningrad). He was subsequently posted to be an office assistant at the '' Oberkommando der Wehrmacht'' and was drawn into the plan to assassinate Hitler by Fritz-Dietlof von der Schulenburg. On 11 July 1944, on the first attempt on Hitler's life, Klausing went along with Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg as his adjutant to the Obersalzberg (''i.e.'' the Berghof near Berchtesgaden) and made sure that a car and a plane were standing by, rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Resistance To Nazism
Many individuals and groups in Germany that were opposed to the Nazi Germany, Nazi regime engaged in active resistance, including assassination attempts on Adolf Hitler, attempts to remove Adolf Hitler from power by assassination or by overthrowing his established regime. German resistance was not recognized as a collective united resistance movement during the height of Nazi Germany, unlike the more coordinated efforts in other countries, such as Italian Resistance, Italy, Denmark, the Soviet partisans, Soviet Union, Polish Underground State, Poland, Greek Resistance, Greece, Yugoslav Partisans, Yugoslavia, French Resistance, France, Dutch resistance, the Netherlands, Resistance in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, Czechoslovakia and Norwegian resistance movement, Norway. The German resistance consisted of small, isolated groups that were unable to mobilize widespread political opposition. Individual attacks on Nazi authority, sabotage, and the successful disclosure of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
