German wehrmacht officer, failed assassin of adolf hitler (1917–2008).
Born September 6th, 1917 in Heimerzheim Castle.
Died May 1st, 2008 at 90 years old in Burg Kreuzberg. [ref]
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon