Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg
Also known as Friedrich-Werner Erdmann Matthias Johann Bernhard Erich Graf von der Schulenburg, Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg
German diplomat who served as the last German ambassador to the Soviet Union before Operation Barbarossa
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- Person
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- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1974-06-11
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- Das ist Schön2002
- Universum2004
- Moments2011
- Pudel Produkte 252014
- Wanderung durch Wald und Flur2017
- Moods and Dances 20212021
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Friedrich-Werner Erdmann Matthias Johann Bernhard Erich Graf von der Schulenburg (20 November 1875 – 10 November 1944) was a German diplomat who served as the last German ambassador to the Soviet Union before Operation Barbarossa, the German attack on the Soviet Union in 1941, during World War II. He began his diplomatic career before World War I, serving as consul and ambassador in several countries.
After a prolonged conflict with the Nazi regime, he turned against the main Nazi Party and joined the conspiracy against Adolf Hitler. After the failed 20 July plot in 1944 to assassinate Hitler, Schulenburg was accused of being a co-conspirator and five months later executed.
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