Ebook: The Hitler conspirator: the story of Kurt Freiherr von Plettenberg and Stauffenberg's Valkyrie plot to kill the führer

Kurt Baron von Plettenberg (1891-1945) was the descendant of Westphalian aristocratic family, and a soldier in both world wars. The expectations, which he along with many of his later fellow conspirators of the 20 July 1944 plot to kill Hitler initially had of the 'Third Reich', are soon disappointed, when he recognises the true nature of the regime. When he accepts the office as general agent of the former Prussian royal house of the Hohenzollerns in 1942, he already belongs to the inner circle of the resistance planning Operation Valkyrie. After the assassination attempt, however, he is not immediately discovered as one of the conspirators. Out of consideration for the house of Hohenzollern, which Hitler considers to be his most dangerous internal enemy, he acted more carefully than many others.;Foreword by Peter Hoffmann F.R.S.C; Preface; Chapter 1 The Prussian Heritage; Chapter 2 Lieutenant in the First World War; Chapter 3 Difficult Years; Chapter 4 Marion Countess Dönhoff; Chapter 5 Hopes for the 'Third Reich'; Chapter 6 Arianne Baroness von Maltzahn; Chapter 7 Resignation from Public Service; Chapter 8 Infantry Regiment 9; Chapter 9 In the Service of the Hohenzollerns; Chapter 10 Inside the Resistance Network; Chapter 11 After the Failure of Operation Valkyrie; Chapter 12 Denunciation; Chapter 13 Prinz-Albrecht-Straße 8; Epilogue; Acknowledgements.