Ulrich von Hassell
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Christian August Ulrich von Hassell was a German diplomat during World War II. A member of the German Resistance against German dictator Adolf Hitler, Hassell unsuccessfully proposed to the British that the resistance would overthrow Hitler if Germany kept all of its territorial conquests. He was executed in the aftermath of the failed 20 July plot.
Ulrich von Hassell
Ulrich von Hassell in front of the Nazi Volksgerichtshof, which condemned him to death in September 1944
Coat of arms von Hassell c. 15th century
coat of arms of the von Hassell family
German resistance to Nazism
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Many individuals and groups in Germany that were opposed to the Nazi regime engaged in resistance, including assassination attempts on Adolf Hitler or by overthrowing his regime.
Memorial plaque for resistance members and wreath at the Bendlerblock, Berlin
The Memorial to Polish Soldiers and German Anti-Fascists 1939–1945 in Berlin
"The Third Reich", 1934 painting by the anti-Nazi exile German painter Heinrich Vogeler.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer at Sigurdshof, 1939.