Friedrich Olbricht
German general (1888-1944) · Germany · Died at 55
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Something wrong?A German general who turned his office into the nerve center of the plot to kill Hitler - and spent years quietly seeding the Wehrmacht with officers ready to flip the moment the Führer fell.
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Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1981-072-61, Friedrich Olbricht
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Friedrich Olbricht (3x4 cropped)
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Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1978-Anh.024-03, Peenemünde, Dornberger, Olbricht, Brandt, v. Braun
Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1978-Anh.030-02, Peenemünde, Dornberger, Olbricht, Brandt, v. Braun
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Gedenktafel Stauffenbergstr 13 (Tierg) Widerstandskämpfer 20 Juli 1944Awards
About this person
Born in Leisnig on 4 October 1888, Friedrich Olbricht rose to infantry general and senior staff officer during World War II. Secretly, he was in contact with most of the leaders of the resistance, briefed on their various plots, placing sympathetic officers in key positions and quietly encouraging field commanders to support an overthrow. By late 1943 his office had become the center of resistance plotting, working under Claus von Stauffenberg. On 20 July 1944 the assassination attempt failed. Olbricht was executed that same night.
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