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Stauffenberg und Haeften können die Wachmannschaften täuschen und gelangen zum Flugplatz.
21. After the deed which will forever be associated with his name, I often reflected upon his personality and found no phrase more fitting for him than this one of Holderlin's :"An extremely unnatural, paradoxical character unless one sees him in the midst of those circumstances which imposed so strict a form upon his gentle spirit."

There were further sessions of these conferences on July 6 and 8.

Juni: Ernennung Stauffenbergs zum Stabschef des Befehlshabers des Ersatzheers.
5. The military commanders, the decree went, could directly issue all requisite instructions to Reich and local authorities without consulting the Gauleiters.

Whether by chance or design, at this period most of the prominent military members of the conspiracy were assembled in Berchtesgaden.

Juli, ca. November: Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg wird als Sohn des Oberhofmarschalls Alfred Stauffenberg und dessen Ehefrau Caroline (geb. In spite of his war injuries (he had lost an eye, his right hand, and two fingers of his left hand), Stauffenberg had preserved a youthful charm; he was curiously poetic and at the same time precise, thus showing the marks of the two major and seemingly incompatible educational influences upon him: the circle around the poet Stefan George and the General Staff.

Hitler listened attentively and in the ensuing discussion approved most of the proposals. However, he discovered that the meeting had been rescheduled and would now take place in a wooden barrack on the surface instead of an underground bunker due to the heat.

The head of the conspiracy has been shot.

This is the best proof we've had so far that many officers and generals are fed up with the war and would like to see Hitler sink into a bottomless pit, so they can establish a military dictatorship, make peace with the Allies, rearm themselves and, after a few decades, start a new war.

Zu seinen Vorfahren mütterlicherseits gehört der Heeresreformer General August Graf Neithardt von Gneisenau (1760-1831).
Gemeinsam mit seinem Bruder Berthold und mit den Mitgliedern des Kreisauer Kreises ist er an den Entwürfen zu Regierungserklärungen für die Zeit nach dem Umsturz beteiligt. Die überwiegende Mehrheit der Offiziere verhält sich angesichts der widersprüchlichen Meldungen abwartend.

The condemned were executed in the courtyard of the headquarters. Out of the 23 people present in the barrack, 17 were injured, and four were killed. Remer löst daraufhin die Absperrung des Regierungsviertels auf und beteiligt sich an der Niederschlagung des Staatsstreichs.
20. However, General Friedrich Fromm, the Commander-in-Chief of the Reserve Army, refused to sign the plan and instead called Hitler's headquarters to confirm his survival.

Immediately after the war, many in Germany considered the conspirators as traitors rather than heroes, just as Stauffenberg had envisioned. On July 8, I met General Friedrich Olbricht to discuss the drafting of deferred workers for the army; up to now Keitel and I had been at odds over this question. But he was alive.