Stauffenberg

British

/ ˈʃtaʊfənˌbɜːɡ /

noun

Claus (klaʊs), Graf von. 1907–44, German army officer, who tried to assassinate Hitler (1944). He and his fellow conspirators were executed

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Claus von Stauffenberg — played by Tom Cruise in the 2008 film “Valkyrie” — placed a bomb in a suitcase close to Hitler in a conference room at his Wolf’s Lair retreat.

From Washington Post • Aug. 9, 2022

Claus von Stauffenberg, who tried to kill Adolf Hitler in 1944.

From Washington Times • Mar. 4, 2022

Brutus was a Roman politician who assassinated Julius Caesar, while German army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg is best-known for trying to kill Adolf Hitler in 1944.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2022

Schroeder called von Stauffenberg a hero — erasing the Nazis' "traitor" label that had lingered after the war.

From Fox News • Jun. 6, 2019

However, Jack Stauffenberg, a 65-year-old coal company superintendent from New Tripoli, Pennsylvania, said that Indiana union leader was off base, explaining that Trump “talks in round numbers.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2016

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