biography
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Schulenburg, Friedrich Werner, Graf von (Count of) der
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pronunciation:
[shoolenboork]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1875–1944)
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| biography:
| German diplomat, born in Kemberg, E Germany. As German ambassador in Moscow (1934–41) he prepared the German–Soviet Non-Agression Pact of 1939. He joined the resistance movement around C F Goerdeler, and was sentenced to death after the assassination attempt on Hitler's life (20 Jul 1944) and executed at Berlin-Plötzensee on 20 November 1944. |
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