Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven
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Wessel Oskar Karl Johann Freiherr[1] Freytag von Loringhoven (22 November [O.S. 10] 1899 – 26 July 1944), was a Baltic German colonel in the High Command of the German Armed Forces (OKW) and a member of the German Resistance (Widerstand) against Adolf Hitler. Loringhoven was a friend of Claus von Stauffenberg, who was the leader of the 20 July Plot to assassinate Hitler in 1944.
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Wessel Freiherr Freytag von Loringhoven | |
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Born | 22 November [O.S. 10] 1899 Groß Born Manor, Groß Born, Kreis Illuxt, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire (in present-day Lielborne, Krāslava Municipality, Latvia) |
Died | 26 July 1944(1944-07-26) (aged 44) Mauerwald, Gau East Prussia, Nazi Germany (present-day Mamerki, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland) |
Allegiance | Baltic nobility Latvia Weimar Republic Nazi Germany |
Rank | Colonel |
Battles/wars | Latvian War of Independence World War II |
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