Caesar von Hofacker
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Caesar von Hofacker | |
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Born | Ludwigsburg, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire | 2 March 1896
Died | 20 December 1944 Berlin, Plötzensee Prison, Nazi Germany | (aged 48)
Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
Allegiance | Lieutenant Colonel |
Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
Relations | Eberhard von Hofacker – father Claus von Stauffenberg – cousin |
Other work | jurist |
Caesar von Hofacker (sometimes Cäsar;[1] 2 March 1896 – 20 December 1944) was a German Luftwaffe Lieutenant Colonel and member of the 20 July plot against Adolf Hitler.[2]
Career
Hofacker was born in Ludwigsburg; his father Eberhard von Hofacker was a general in World War I. Hofacker served in the Luftstreitkräfte during the war, and was taken prisoner by the French on 20 October 1918. He was released on 14 March 1920, after which he began studying law. Hofacker joined the Der Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten in 1931.[3][4]
Hofacker's main activity in relation to the events culminating in the
On 26 July 1944, Hofacker was arrested in Paris, taken to Berlin Gestapo headquarters where, according to William Shirer in The Rise and Fall of the 3rd Reich, he was horrifically tortured and gave up the name of Erwin Rommel stating that Rommel said to "Tell the people in Berlin they can count on me".
Notes
- ^ Hofacker's memorial, using the umlaut spelling variant
- ^ "Roland von Hoesslin". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ^ Otto von Moser: Die Württemberger im Weltkriege. 2. erweiterte Auflage, Chr. Belser AG, Stuttgart 1928, S. 130.
- ^ Eintrag zu Caesar von Hofacker in der Deutschen Digitalen Bibliothek
- ^ Joachim Fest, Plotting Hitler's Death: The German Resistance to Hitler, 1933–1945, 1996, p. 362.
- ISBN 978-1-84809-152-8.
- ^ Peter Hoffmann, The History of the German resistance, 1933-1945, McGill-Queen's Press, 1996, p. 354
- ^ William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, Simon and Schuster, 1960, p. 1047.
- ^ William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, Simon and Schuster, 1960, p. 1077.
- ^ William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, Simon and Schuster, 1960, p. 1078-1079.