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Rudolf Christoph Freiherr (Baron) von Gersdorff (27 March 1905 – 27 January 1980) was an officer in the German Army. He attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler by suicide bombing in March 1943; the plan failed but he was undetected. In April 1943 he discovered the mass graves of the Soviet-perpetrated Katyn massacre. In 1979 he was awarded West Germany's Bundesverdienstkreuz (Federal Cross of Merit).

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  • Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff
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  • Rudolf Christoph Freiherr (Baron) von Gersdorff (27 March 1905 – 27 January 1980) was an officer in the German Army. He attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler by suicide bombing in March 1943; the plan failed but he was undetected. In April 1943 he discovered the mass graves of the Soviet-perpetrated Katyn massacre. In 1979 he was awarded West Germany's Bundesverdienstkreuz (Federal Cross of Merit).
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  • 1923(xsd:integer)
Birth Date
  • 1905-03-27(xsd:date)
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death place
  • Munich, West Germany
Name
  • Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff
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  • Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff
Birth Place
  • Lüben, Silesia
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death date
  • 1980-01-27(xsd:date)
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Battles
  • World War II, Invasion of Poland, Battle of France, Operation Barbarossa, Eastern Front, Battle of Normandy, Falaise pocket
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placeofburial
  • (Plot 152—Row 1—Grave 1)
  • Munich Ostfriedhof
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  • Rudolf Christoph Freiherr (Baron) von Gersdorff (27 March 1905 – 27 January 1980) was an officer in the German Army. He attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler by suicide bombing in March 1943; the plan failed but he was undetected. In April 1943 he discovered the mass graves of the Soviet-perpetrated Katyn massacre. In 1979 he was awarded West Germany's Bundesverdienstkreuz (Federal Cross of Merit).
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