Ulrich von Hassell

Ulrich von Hassell
Born(1881-11-12)12 November 1881
Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, German Empire
Died8 September 1944(1944-09-08) (aged 62)
Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, Nazi Germany
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
OccupationDiplomat
Political partyGerman Fatherland Party (1917–1918)
German National People's Party (1918–1933)
Nazi Party (1933–1944)

Christian August Ulrich von Hassell (12 November 1881 – 8 September 1944) was a German diplomat during World War II. A member of the German Resistance against German dictator Adolf Hitler, Hassell unsuccessfully proposed to the British that the resistance would overthrow Hitler if Germany kept large swaths of annexed territory, such as Austria, the Sudetenland and Germany's 1914 border with Poland. He was executed in the aftermath of the failed 20 July plot.

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