| LC control no. | n 2004043279 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Gersdorff, Rudolf-Christoph, Freiherr von, 1905- |
| Variant(s) | Von Gersdorff, Rudolf-Christoph, Freiherr, 1905- |
| Birth date | 19050327 |
| Death date | 19800127 |
| Place of birth | Lüben (Germany) |
| Place of death | Munich (Germany) |
| Field of activity | Military art and science Charity organization |
| Affiliation | Germany. Heer Germany. Reichswehr Knights of Malta |
| Profession or occupation | Aristocracy (Social class) Armies--Officers Executives |
| Found in | Fighting the breakout, 2004: t.p. (Generalmajor Rudolf-Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff (Chief of Staff, German Seventh Army)) LC data base, Nov. 3, 2004 (hdg.: Gersdorff, Rudolf-Christoph, Freiherr von, 1905- ) Wikipedia (English), December 22, 2015 (Rudolf Christoph Freiherr (Baron) von Gersdorff (March 27, 1905 - January 27, 1980): officer in the German Army; born in Lüben (now Lubin, Poland); joined the Reichswehr in 1923; married Renata Kracker von Schwartzenfeldt, 1934; transferred to the Abwehr for Operation Barbarossa, 1941; involved in a conspiracy to assassinate Adolf Hitler, March 1943 - the plan failed but he was undetected; prevented from resuming his military career after the war; later dedicated his life to charity in the Order of St. John; founding president of the Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe, which he chaired 1952-1963; died in Munich in 1980) |
| Associated language | ger eng |
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