Claus Philipp Maria Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg was born on November 15th, 1907 in Jettingen. He was born to a noble Roman Catholic family. Claus had twin brothers that were two years older than him. Their names were Alexander and Berthold. Berthold joined the resistance while in the Navy during the war. Alexander did not and he was the only member of the family who survived the war. However, Claus would later join the resistance like …showed first 75 words of 2315 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2315 total…help overrun the Nazi's. They tell the Nazi's that Hitler is dead but they do not believe them and they find out that Hitler is in fact alive. Soon after, Stauffenberg is killed and a lot of the resistance group is captured, including Ludwig von Hammerstein, Ewald Heinrich von Kleist, George von Oppen, and Hans Fritzsche. Olbricht was also arrested but he was the only one to deny being in the conspiracy, although he was.