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Friedrich Olbricht
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- Friedrich Fromm
- Succeeded by
- Office abolished
- Born
- ( 1888-10-04 ) 4 October 1888, Leisnig , Kingdom of Saxony , German Empire
- Died
- 21 July 1944 (1944-07-21) (aged 55), Berlin , Gau Berlin , Nazi Germany
- Cause of death
- Execution by firing squad
- Awards
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- Allegiance
- German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
- Branch service
- German Army
- Years of service
- 1907–1944
- Rank
- General der Infanterie
- Commands
- 24th Infantry Division
- Battles wars
- World War I World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France 20 July Plot
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Friedrich
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Nazi Germany
- Place of birth
- Leisnig
- Place of death
- Berlin
- Occupation
- resistance fighter
- Languages spoken
- German
- Participant in
- 20 July plot
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- Imperial German Army
- Military rank
- General of the Infantry
- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1981-072-61, Friedrich Olbricht.jpg
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- Commons category
- Friedrich Olbricht
- date of birth
- 1888-10-04
- date of death
- 1944-07-21
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- allegiance
- Nazi Germany
- place of burial
- Alter St.-Matthäus-Kirchhof Berlin
- name in native language
- Friedrich Olbricht
- start of work period
- 1907-00-00
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- end of work period
- 1945-00-00
- archives at
- German Federal Archives
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Encyclopedic overview
Friedrich Olbricht (4 October 1888 – 21 July 1944) was a German general during World War II. He is known for being one of the plotters involved in the 20 July Plot, an attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944.
Born in Leisnig, Olbricht was a senior staff officer, with the rank of infantry general. He was secretly in contact with most of the leaders of the resistance. They briefed him on their various plots and he placed sympathetic officers in key positions. Olbricht quietly encouraged field commanders to support the resistance. By late 1943, his office was the centre of Resistance plotting, under Claus von Stauffenberg. Had the 20 July plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler been successful, Olbricht was positioned to assume the role of minister of war in a post-Nazi regime.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Friedrich Olbricht” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.