Franz Maria Liedig
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Franz Maria Liedig | |
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| Born | 2 February 1900 Hünfeld, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
| Died | 30 March 1967 (aged 67) Munich, Bavaria, West Germany |
| Allegiance |  German Empire Nazi Germany |
| Service/ | Imperial German Navy Kriegsmarine |
| Years of service | 1916–18; 1936–44 |
| Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
Franz Maria Liedig (2 February 1900 – 30 March 1967) was a Kriegsmarine officer and member of the military resistance against Adolf Hitler.
Biography
Liedig volunteered the
In 1936 he joined the
On October 8, 1939, Liedig drove Hans Oster to the Dutch Military attaché in Berlin, Colonel Bert Sas. After Oster returned to the car, he told Liedig, that he just committed treason. In fact Oster informed Sas about the planned date of attack of the German Wehrmacht in the West.[3]
In 1940 Liedig became the Military attaché at the German embassy in Sofia and later on in Athens. In February 1944 he was removed as the First Officer of the German cruiser Köln in Oslo.
After von Dohnanyi, Oster and Canaris were arrested by the Gestapo and the 20 July plot failed, the plans of 1938 were found on September 22, 1944, at the Abwehr and Liedig was arrested in November 1944. He was imprisoned at several concentration camps like Flossenbürg, Buchenwald, Dachau and finally transferred to Niederdorf amongst about 140 prominent inmates in late April 1945, where the SS left them behind.[4]
Liedig was a founding member of the
Liedig died in 1967.
References
- ISBN 3-89911-029-3
- ISBN 3-88680-539-5
- ISBN 3-88680-539-5
- ^ Peter Koblank: Die Befreiung der Sonder- und Sippenhäftlinge in Südtirol, Online-Edition Mythos Elser 2006 (in German)