Friedrich Fromm
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Generaloberst Friedrich Wilhelm Waldemar Fromm was a German Army officer. In World War II, Fromm was Commander in Chief of the Replacement Army, in charge of training and personnel replacement for com
Fromm in 1940
Ludwig Beck
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Ludwig August Theodor Beck was a German general who served as Chief of the German General Staff from 1933 to 1938. Beck was one of the main conspirators of the 20 July plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler
Friedrich Fromm
…coup. As presiding official, Fromm condemned the officers to death and ordered their immediate execution by firing squad. As for retired Colonel-General Ludwig Beck, Fromm allowed his request to kill himself, but since he survived the suicide attempt, Fromm ordered him to be shot. After the Bendlerblock executions…
Beck in 1936
Beck (right) with Werner von Fritsch in 1937.
Site of Beck's suicide attempt in the Bendlerblock office in which Valkyrie was planned.