biography
| name: |
Goerdeler, Carl Friedrich
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pronunciation:
[goe(r)deler]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1884–1945)
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| biography:
| German politician and lawyer, born in Pila (formerly Schneidemühl), WC Poland. In 1930–7 he was Oberbürgermeister of Leipzig (stepping down in opposition to the NS regime) while also serving as Reichskommissar für Preisüberwachung (commissar for price control, 1931–2, 1934–5). From 1939 he was one of the civil leaders in the opposition against Hitler, whom he was chosen to succeed in case of a successful coup. After the failed attempt on Hitler's life (20 Jul 1944) he was denounced, sentenced to death in 1944, and executed in Berlin in 1945. |
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