Christian Freiherr von Stauffenberg

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Person.png Christian Freiherr von StauffenbergRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
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Hans Christoph Freiherr Schenk von Stauffenberg.png
BornOctober 07, 1911
DiedNovember 28, 2005 (Age 94)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Freiburg, University of Königsberg, University of Munich
ParentsFranz Schenk von Stauffenberg
SpouseLady Camilla Acheson
Member ofLe Cercle, Stauffenberg Service
RelativesClaus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg

Hans Christoph Freiherr Schenk von Stauffenberg, was one of the founders of the post-war private intelligence Stauffenberg Service close to the CSU/CDU, and attended Le Cercle in Bonn in 1983. He played a key role in the conspiracy to topple Willy Brandt.


Background

Christian Freiherr von Stauffenberg was a cousin of Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, who attmped to assassinate Adolf Hitler.[1][2]

Career

On September 13, 1982, Der Spiegel reported that "Hans Christoph Freiherr Schenk von Stauffenberg, a distant relative of Hitler assassin Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, is a key figure in the intelligence network of the CSU. He maintains a confidential "information service " (circulation: 100 copies), based on domestic and foreign intelligence sources. Franz Josef Strauss takes the Stauffenberg service, according to a close collaborator, "very seriously"."[3]

Stefanie Waske wrote:

Willy Brandt was always viewed as a traitor by the political right since he had fled Nazi Germany for Norway and was active in the anti-Nazi resistance. When he became Chancellor in 1969 a group of reactionaries in the CDU/CSU - primarily aristocrats like Stauffenberg - immediately begin to plot his demise. Brandt's foreign policy of Ostpolitik - the rapprochement with East Germany and Soviet Bloc, only enraged the activists further, so much so that they formed a private secret espionage organization that operated independently from the BND.[4]


He attended Le Cercle in Bonn in 1983.

 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)
Le Cercle/1983 (Bonn)30 June 19833 July 1983Germany
Bonn
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