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The Schenk von Stauffenberg family is a Roman Catholic Uradel German noble family from Swabia, Germany. The family's best-known recent member was Colonel Claus Philipp Maria Justinian Schenk Graf von
Coat of arms of the family
Johann Franz Schenk von Stauffenberg (1658–1740)
Patent awarding the title of Count to Anton Schenk von Stauffenberg by Emperor Joseph II, 1785
Claus von Stauffenberg
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Claus Philipp Maria Justinian Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg was a German army officer who is best known for his failed attempt on 20 July 1944 to assassinate Adolf Hitler at the Wolf's Lair, part of Op
Stauffenberg
…Schenk von Stauffenberg family is a Roman Catholic Uradel German noble family from Swabia, Germany. The family's best-known recent member was Colonel Claus Philipp Maria Justinian Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg – the key figure in 20 July plot in 1944 to assassinate Adolf Hitler. The recorded history of the Schenk von Stauffenberg family begins in Swabia in…
1934 portrait
Stauffenberg with the 17th Cavalry Regiment in Bamberg
Graf von Stauffenberg, left, with Hitler (centre) and Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel, right, in an aborted assassination attempt at Rastenburg on 15 July 1944
1951 death certificate