Werner von Haeften

Werner von Haeften
Haeften in 1939
Born(1908-10-09)9 October 1908
Berlin, German Empire
Died21 July 1944(1944-07-21) (aged 35)
Berlin, Gau Berlin, Nazi Germany
52°30′28″N 13°21′44″E / 52.507892°N 13.36219°E / 52.507892; 13.36219 (Execution Site of Nazi Germany Resistance)
Cause of deathExecution by firing squad
Allegiance Nazi Germany (to 1943)
German resistance (to 1944)
BranchWehrmacht
Service years1939–1944
Rank Oberleutnant
ConflictsWorld War II
RelationsWalther von Brauchitsch (uncle)
Hans Bernd von Haeften (brother)

Werner Karl Otto Theodor von Haeften (9 October 1908 – 21 July 1944) was an Oberleutnant in the Wehrmacht who took part in the military-based conspiracy against Adolf Hitler known as the 20 July plot.

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