Heinz Brandt

German army officer and equestrian (1907–1944) Heinz BrandtBrandt, c. 1933–1936Born(1907-03-11)11 March 1907Charlottenburg, Berlin, GermanyDied21 July 1944(1944-07-21) (aged 37)Carlshof, East Prussia, GermanyMilitary careerAllegiance Weimar Republic Nazi Germany BranchGerman ArmyService years1925–1944RankGeneralmajor (posthumously)Conflicts World War II 20 July plot X Sports careerCountry GermanySportEquestrian Medal record Olympic Games 1936 Berlin Show jumping, Team Heinz Brandt (11 March 1907 – 21 July 1944) was a German officer. During World War II he served as an aide to General Adolf Heusinger, the head of the operations unit of the General Staff. He may have inadvertently saved Adolf Hitler's life, at the cost of his own, by moving the bomb planted by Claus von Stauffenberg during the 20 July plot. Early life Brandt, the son of later General der Kavallerie Georg Brandt, was born in Charlottenburg (now Berlin). He joined the Reichswehr in 1925. Brandt attended a course at the cavalry school in Hanover from 1927 to 1928 and was commissioned a lieutenant. In 1936 he was a member of the gold medal-winning German show jumping team in the equestrian event at the Berlin Sum