APPENDIX 6

GERMAN ARMY LISIT OF CIVIL COURAGE

This list honours those German Army officers who went against their oath of allegiance to conspire against Hitler, an action punishable by imprisonment or death. It is not meant to denigrate in any way all those who fought for their country and remained loyal to their oath, but to provide a particular honour to those who overrode their oath, risking their lives or careers for a greater cause—that of humanity. It also includes some names of soldiers who saved Jews at personal risk to themselves (indicated by an asterisk).

The list does not include police officers or the civilians who were also actively involved in plotting against Hitler. Nor does it include military personnel such as Admiral Canaris or General Oster who actively plotted but also committed treason in the real sense of the word, when their actions provided aid to the enemy and endangered the lives of their own people.

The list is partial only, the names of those listed being representative of all those who dared.

Colonel Otto Armster—imprisoned

Colonel General Ludwig Beck—committed suicide

Lt Colonel Robert Bernardis—executed

Lt Colonel Hasso von Boehmer—executed

Lt Colonel Baron Georg von Boeselager—killed in action

Lt Colonel Baron Philip von Boeslager

Major Baron Axel von dem Bussche-Strethorski

General Major Count Heinrich Dohna-Schlobitten—executed

Lt Hans Martin Dorsch

Captain Count Man-Ulrich von Drechsel

Lt Karl Heinz Engelhorn

Lt colonel Hans Otto Erdmann

General Baron Alexander von Falkenhausen

General Erich Fellgiebel—executed

Colonel Baron Wessel von Freytag-Loringhoven

Captain Ludwig Gehre—executed

General Major Baron Rudolf von Gersdorff

Colonel Helmuth Groscurth

Lt Werner von Haeften—executed

Colonel Kurt Hahn Colonel Georg Hansen Colonel Bodo von Harbon

General Lieutenant Paul von Haese—executed

Major Egbert Hayessen—executed

Lt Hans von Herwarth

Colonel General Erich Hoepner—executed

Captain Wilhelm Hosenfeld*

Major Roland von Hösslin—executed

Colonel Friedrich Gustanjaeger—executed

Lt Colonel Bernhard Klamroth—executed

Captain Frederich Karl Klausing

Lt Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin

General Field Marshal Gunter von Kluge—committed suicide

Lt Commander (Navy) Alfred Kranzfelder—executed

Major Joachim Kuhn

General Hubert Lanz

Major Baron Ludwig von Leonrod—executed

General Fritz Lindemann—died in prison

Colonel count Rudolf von Marogna–Redwitz—executed

Colonel Joachim Meichssner—executed

Lt Colonel Karl Michel

Lt Colonel Ernst Munziger

Major Hans-Ullrich von Oertzen—committed suicide

General Frederich Olbricht—executed Major Karl Plaage*

Major Michael Pössinger*

Colonel Baron Albrecht Quirnheim—executed

General Frederich von Rabenau—executed

Lt Colonel Karl Rathgens

Colonel Baron Alexis von Roenne—executed

General Field marshal Erwin Rommel—forced to commit suicide

Lt Colonel Joachim Sdrozinski—executed

Major Count Hans Victor von Salviati

Lt Fabian Schalbrendorff Sergeant Anton Schmid* Colonel Hermann Schone

Lt Colonel Werner Schrader—committed suicide

Colonel Georg Scultz-Buttger

Lt Colonel Gunther Smend—executed

General Hans Speidel Colonel Wilhelm Staehle Lt Alexander Stahlberg

Colonel Count Claus Shenk von Stauffenberg—executed

Colonel Baron Hans-Joachim von Steinaecker

General Major Helmuth Stieff—executed

General Lieutenant Hyazinth Count Strachwitz von Gross-Zauche und Camminetz

Colonel General Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel—executed

Major Carl Szokoll

Lt Colonel Gustov Tellgmann

General Lieutenant Fritz Thiele—executed

Major Busso Thoma—executed

General Georg Thomas

General Baron Karl von Thüngen—executed General Major Henning von Tresckow–committed suicide

Lt Colonel Hans-Alexander von Voss Quartermaster General Edward Wagner

Colonel Siegfried Wagner—committed suicide

General Field Marshal von Witzleben—executed

General Gustov Heistermann von Ziehlberg—executed

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