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Record Nr.

UNINA9910967348203321

Autore

Hoffmann Peter <1930-2023.>

Titolo

Stauffenberg : a family history, 1905-1944 / / Peter Hoffmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2003

ISBN

0-7735-7135-3

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 424 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits

Disciplina

943.086/092

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Soggetti

Anti-Nazi movement - Germany

Revolutionaries - Germany

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of: Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg und seine Brùˆder.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-412) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface to the Second Edition; Prologue; 1 Childhood, a World War, and a new beginning; 2 Secret Germany; 3 Reichswehr; 4 Sea change; 5 In the Third Reich; 6 Crisis and war; 7 On the General Staff; 8 Stauffenberg turns against Hitler; 9 In the front line; 10 Conspiracy; 11 Planning the coup: internal preparations; 12 Contacts abroad; 13 Assassination plans; 14 Launching the insurrection; 15 Uprising; Epilogue; Appendices.

Sommario/riassunto

Most of us are aware of the attempt to assassinate Hitler but few know about those behind it. In this history Peter Hoffmann reveals the tragic and heroic life of Claus von Stauffenberg, South German aristocrat and would-be assassin of Adolph Hitler. He details Stauffenberg's formative years, showing how his relationship with his brothers Berthold and Alexander, their association with the circle of the poet Stefan George, and their professional and political development led them to resist the tyranny of Hitler and the German government, first through established channels but culminating in the attempted assassination and coup of 20 July 1944. This book is based on a comprehensive collection of sources including family papers, correspondence and information from numerous contemporaries, and includes a collection of illustrative material. This second edition includes important information Hoffmann has discovered since the book was first published."