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''Stauffenbergstraße'' was originally named ''Bendlerstraße'' from 1837 until [[July 20]], [[1955]], the year [[West Germany]]'s army, the ''[[Bundeswehr]]'' was established. ''Bendlerstraße'' bears the name of [[Johann Christoph Bendler]] (* 1789; † 1873), Chief Mason and member of the Berlin city council. Hence the name Bendlerblock. |
''Stauffenbergstraße'' was originally named ''Bendlerstraße'' from 1837 until [[July 20]], [[1955]], the year [[West Germany]]'s army, the ''[[Bundeswehr]]'' was established. ''Bendlerstraße'' bears the name of [[Johann Christoph Bendler]] (* 1789; † 1873), Chief Mason and member of the Berlin city council. Hence the name Bendlerblock. |
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Under the leadership of the Infantry General [[Friedrich Olbricht]], the center of the military resistance was formed in the Bendlerblock. It was here that Olbricht developed the "Valkyrie" operation plan into a plan for a coup d'état against [[Hitler]]. |
Under the leadership of the Infantry General [[Friedrich Olbricht]], the center of the military resistance was formed in the Bendlerblock. It was here that Olbricht developed the "Valkyrie" operation plan into a plan for a coup d'état against [[Hitler]]. |
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In October 1943 Colonel [[Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg|Stauffenberg]] was transferred to the General Army Office as Chief of Staff. His position gave him direct access to situation briefings in Hitler's headquarters, the "[[Wolfsschanze|Wolf's Lair]]." On July 20, 1944 he set the fuse of a bomb there and returned to Berlin. |
In October 1943 Colonel [[Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg|Stauffenberg]] was transferred to the General Army Office as Chief of Staff. His position gave him direct access to situation briefings in Hitler's headquarters, the "[[Wolfsschanze|Wolf's Lair]]." On July 20, 1944 he set the fuse of a bomb there and returned to Berlin. |
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Revision as of 13:46, 20 July 2007
The Bendlerblock is a building in Berlin, located in the Stauffenbergstraße, south of the Tiergarten. It was erected between 1911 and 1914 for the Reich Navy Office. During the Weimar Republic it additionally served as the seat of the Reichswehr Command. Today, the building complex serves as secondary office of the German Federal Ministry of Defence.
Origin of the name
Stauffenbergstraße was originally named Bendlerstraße from 1837 until July 20, 1955, the year West Germany's army, the Bundeswehr was established. Bendlerstraße bears the name of Johann Christoph Bendler (* 1789; † 1873), Chief Mason and member of the Berlin city council. Hence the name Bendlerblock.
July 20 1944
Under the leadership of the Infantry General Friedrich Olbricht, the center of the military resistance was formed in the Bendlerblock. It was here that Olbricht developed the "Valkyrie" operation plan into a plan for a coup d'état against Hitler. In October 1943 Colonel Stauffenberg was transferred to the General Army Office as Chief of Staff. His position gave him direct access to situation briefings in Hitler's headquarters, the "Wolf's Lair." On July 20, 1944 he set the fuse of a bomb there and returned to Berlin.
Hitler survived the July 20 Plot, and as a result the conspirators were unable to take control of Germany. Following the arrest of the conspirators in the Bendlerblock, General Olbricht, Graf von Stauffenberg, Werner von Haeften and Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim, all members of the uprising, were executed that same night in the courtyard of the building, by firing squad. A fifth plotter, General Ludwig Beck, chose to shoot himself.
The section of the Bendlerblock around the courtyard where Stauffenberg and the other conspirators were executed now houses the Memorial to the German Resistance.
External links
References
- German Ministry of Defence
- German Wikipedia
